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davidlunadeleon@lemmy.ml to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

Fedora sours on CC 'No Rights Reserved' license

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Fedora sours on CC 'No Rights Reserved' license

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davidlunadeleon@lemmy.ml to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
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Lack of patent rights waiver in CC0 cited as problematic
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    If the creator of the work holds a patent related to it, even if it’s licensed under CC0, they can sue you for infringing on their patent. The article links a good explanation: https://opensource.stackexchange.com/a/1393

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