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What's the major difference between Apache and MIT license?



MIT license is super simple, short way of saying "You must give me credit if you use this in the form of including this license and my copyright statement in software you distribute"

Apache license is a longer and more complicated version that is the same in spirit but also includes the agreement that the licensor does not sue the licensee over patent infringement for use of their contributions to the software or the cumalative software, unless the licensee makes a patent claim against the licensor in which case the license terminates




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