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by thanksgiving 3047 days ago
Is it identical though? My understanding was that Facebook license preserves Facebook's right to sure you for patent infringement but prohibits you from suing Facebook (and more importantly anyone Facebook designates as its minion) for patent infringement. So your patent portfolio is worthless if you want to use Facebook software because I'd imagine anyone can appeal Facebook for patronage?

I thought it was a good thing personally because patent lawsuits are a waste of everyone's time but apparently enough people disagree.

Not that I know anything. Sorry for rambling. Point is I want to ask the question: are they (practically) identical?