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		alex_young on Jan 19, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon: Not OK – Why we had to change Elastic lice... This lack of clarity in law will likely result in huge issues in the sale of your startup if you ever go that route. Who wants to buy a potential lawsuit because of a database selection?

alisonkisk on Jan 19, 2021 [–]

There are always "potential" lawsuits, and stripes already use many many licensed dependencies with various proprietary licenses.

alex_young on Jan 19, 2021 | [–]

This is true, and there are entire categories of licenses which are considered untouchable in an acquisition because of the risk associated with them.

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