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Were the accusations that React's license enables Facebook to steal your entire project without facing any legal consequences ever addressed? https://news.ycom
by stevenh 11y ago
Were the accusations that React's license enables Facebook to steal your entire project without facing any legal consequences ever addressed?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8985541 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8985541
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8901357 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8901357
- javajosh 11y agoWhoah. I wasn't aware there was an issue. I'd like to get someone from FB to comment on this! Seems like an unfortunate poison pill - and perhaps the explaination as to why FB released all this React infrastructure, as leverage (although I can't help but think that any organization worth suing could afford to port an app from React to something similar).
- floriancargoet 11y agoThe patent grant has been updated in April. https://code.facebook.com/posts/1639473982937255/updating-our-open-source-patent-grant/ https://code.facebook.com/posts/1639473982937255/updating-ou... https://github.com/facebook/react/commit/b8ba8c83f318b84e42933f6928f231dc0918f864#diff-7373d27f0ea94a5b649f893e20fffeda https://github.com/facebook/react/commit/b8ba8c83f318b84e429...
- idibidiart 11y agoThe updated PATENTS doc makes it clear: https://github.com/facebook/osquery/blob/master/PATENTS https://github.com/facebook/osquery/blob/master/PATENTS That if you sue Facebook for patent infringement or if you sue any party for patent infringement related to use of (or modification you make to) Facebook "Software" then the license granted to you to use said Software will terminate. Plain and simple. Even makes sense!