In reply to Otto.

It’s not about the patents. It’s about the fact that there are caveats to it’s OS license that put limitations on your freedom.

It appears people are shrugging their shoulders to this because they either dislike patents, don’t know much about patents, don’t own patents, don’t have interest in patents, don’t foresee themselves being in a situation where this caveat would come into play... or a combination thereof.

But that is not a reason to brush aside this issue.

The fact that the Apache Foundation is raising this issue should raise your eyebrows no matter how much you hate software patents.