Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Interesting to see the dual MIT-Apache license approach. I'm less familiar with Apache, but what does it offer that MIT doesn't? Is it just to allow downstream projects and forks to choose which of the two licenses they prefer? If so then the GPL is curiously missing.



Apache license has some language around patent grants that some people want and other people don't like (e.g. apache isn't compatible with GPLv2, some of the BSDs reject it, ... and some people just think its too complicated). Thus offering both makes both sides happy is my guess.


Rust uses it and so has become a default license for Rust crates. See https://rust-lang.github.io/api-guidelines/necessities.html#...


I see, interesting. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.


Whatever license the binding has, open-source Qt is only available under LGPL or GPL.




Join us for AI Startup School this June 16-17 in San Francisco!

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: