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loup-vaillant on June 18, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Greet Apple's Swift 2.0 With Open Arms?

If Apple holds any patent regarding Swift, there will be lots of strings attached. You just won't see those in the license itself.

stephenr on June 19, 2015 [–]

Apples open source licence specifically mentions patent grants. Why would you assume they won't do the same (or use that exact licence) for swift?

loup-vaillant on June 19, 2015 | [–]

Oops. Forgot about patent grants.

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