Comment on Microsoft releases F# under Apache 2.0 licenseparentComments−bad_user15yApache2 is not in the same league as BSD and MIT. It includes an explicit patents grant, versus GPL v2 which doesn't.It's a strong license overall.−davidw15y> Apache2 is not in the same league as BSD and MITFrom the point of view of a company looking to release proprietary products utilizing the licensed code, though, it's similar to BSD/MIT in a good way: you can do it without problems.−rbanffy15yPlus, as it was pointed out, the patent grant prevents them from coming after you later.
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Apache2 is not in the same league as BSD and MIT. It includes an explicit patents grant, versus GPL v2 which doesn't.
It's a strong license overall.
> Apache2 is not in the same league as BSD and MIT
From the point of view of a company looking to release proprietary products utilizing the licensed code, though, it's similar to BSD/MIT in a good way: you can do it without problems.
Plus, as it was pointed out, the patent grant prevents them from coming after you later.