Better Compression with Zstandard
Agreed, zstd is probably one of the most exciting new developments in compression.<p>However this worries me:<p><a href="https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/dev/PATENTS" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/dev/PATENTS</a><p>---<p>The license granted hereunder will terminate [...] if you [...] initiate [...]
any Patent Assertion: (i) against Facebook or any of its subsidiaries or corporate
affiliates, (ii) against any party if such Patent Assertion arises in whole or
in part from any software, technology, product or service of Facebook or any of
its subsidiaries or corporate affiliates, or (iii) against any party relating
to the Software.<p>---<p>Not a lawyer, but I would guess that's makes it a non-starter for many situations. You sue them, now your customers' data, your code repository, or backups have to be decoded with a software for which don't have a license to use anymore. Am I crazy, and this is not a BigDeal(TM)? Or does anyone else have an issue with this?