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by dmit 3356 days ago
I imagine zstd's license will hamper its corporate adoption, especially among the big players.

  The license granted hereunder will terminate,
  automatically and without notice, if you (or any
  of your subsidiaries, corporate affiliates or
  agents) initiate directly or indirectly, or take
  a direct financial interest in, any Patent
  Assertion: (i) against Facebook or any of its
  subsidiaries or corporate affiliates...
https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/dev/PATENTS