While the MIT license is technically more permissive than the Apache 2.0 License, it doesn't grant any explicit patent protection. The Apache 2.0 License is generally preferred for commercial use because of this.
令人惊讶的是：尽管MIT许可证在技术上比Apache 2.0更宽松，但它不提供任何明确的专利保护。这就是为什么Apache 2.0通常更受商业用户青睐，因为它确保了商业软件免受专利侵权的风险。这一细微差别对商业AI应用开发具有重大影响。
Surprisingly, the American author who is quoted most in the OED isnot Mark Twain or Emily Dickinson or Edgar Allan Poe, but rather EdwardH. Knight, a patent lawyer and expert in mechanics who wrote the AmericanMechanical Dictionary and The Practical Dictionary of Mechanics. Knight isthe seventy-fourth-most cited author in the Dictionary, quoted morefrequently than Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Eliot or Ralph Waldo Emerson(who comes in at 116, the next-most quoted American).
A “notice” slapped on the outside of a package saying “single use only” continues to ensure a manufacturer selling you the product can sue for patent infringement should someone dare reuse its goods. This is what the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held on Friday, reaffirming its previous case law, despite intervening Supreme Court law and compelling arguments against its earlier case law.
Intellectual property law is not a strong motivation in the creation of art, science -- or even business. It tends to hinder progress more than it promotes progress.
The Eureka Myth: Creators, Innovators, and Everyday Intellectual Property<br> Prof. Jessica Silbey