Timeline for Using a Library Under MIT License with Patented Algorithms
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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| Jul 24, 2022 at 19:18 | comment | added | Philip Kendall | @JDBones Given it is not legal wording, you can be slightly fast and loose with it. I'd go with something like "To the best of JDBones's knowledge, none of the patented algorithms present in the original distribution of X are present in this software". But IANAL. | |
| Jul 24, 2022 at 19:02 | vote | accept | JDBones | ||
| Jul 24, 2022 at 19:02 | comment | added | JDBones | Thank you for answering! Any examples on how the wording will look like for that one specific scenario of not being "patent-encumbered?" | |
| Jul 24, 2022 at 16:25 | comment | added | Jörg W Mittag | Adding to the last paragraph: mentioning that your code, unlike the original, is not patent-encumbered can even be a unique selling point! | |
| Jul 24, 2022 at 9:48 | history | answered | Philip Kendall | CC BY-SA 4.0 |