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by jeeyoungk 3194 days ago
The way I interpret it is, explicit patent license implies _less_:

- Explicit patent license specifies why / how it can be revoked.

- Without an explicit patent license, patent infringement case (by Facebook) against a party that uses Facebook's OSS would be become harder, because one may argue that such grant is implied by Facebook open sourcing the software.