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devdoomari
on Aug 19, 2017
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Explaining React's license
um... because it's they can? I can make a library with MIT license to everyone else but you.
MIT and BSD licenses merely provide short-cuts to understanding a project's licensing
nopzor
on Aug 19, 2017
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Not practically, because once you make a library with an mit license available to anyone, they can give to anyone you didn't "want" to give it to, per the mit license.
gstein67
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"everyone else but you" would no longer be an OSS license.
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MIT and BSD licenses merely provide short-cuts to understanding a project's licensing