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Then why don't you drink this glass of 70% orange juice and 30% motor oil, since by your definition it's "simply orange juice". I sure am glad to know about th

Then why don't you drink this glass of 70% orange juice and 30% motor oil, since by your definition it's "simply orange juice". I sure am glad to know about the patent considerations in this simple criticism in this JavaScript, as I've decided not to use React because of them.

cloverich 10y ago
You should read @pluma's explanation of the patent grant. I think its purely a misconception that's unfortunately been regularly repeated. > Then why don't you drink this glass of 70% orange juice and 30% motor oil, since by your definition it's "simply orange juice". I think a more proper correlation of your analogy vs OP's argument would be if you held it up and claims "why I won't be putting this motor oil into my car" and OP pointed out "that's because it contains mostly orange juice." Its intended to be an article about the con's of React Native, but is mostly an article about the cons of Javascript. Its a very well written article and (imho) its best parts are the concerns of long-term development of an entirely distinct ecosystem.
- threepipeproblm 10y ago
  Not sure I follow your orange juice / motor oil rebuttal but I'm going to focus on the more substantive portion of this interchange... It's purely a misconception in the same way that 30% motor oil is pure orange juice -- which is to say, it's not a misconception, by my reading. I wonder what my IP laywer would say about it, will post if I decide to ask. Unless I am looking at the wrong comment, @pluma's explanation is just that it's not a problem as long as you don't sue Facebook. But this is equivalent to saying that as long as you give up your only recourse in the event FB violates your IP, you'll be fine. To me it seems like a mentality that makes sense primarily if a person doesn't ever expect to do anything worth patenting, or doesn't ever plan on patenting for some other reason. Don't sell yourself short.
  - cloverich 10y ago
    I definitely glossed over the patent issue a bit and appreciate the comment. > doesn't ever plan on patenting for some other reason I personally don't believe patents, outside of a few very special circumstances, should be allowed to exist. The idea that Facebook could copy one of my ideas and out-compete me based on their size is, imho, a perfectly reasonable thing for them to do. That being said, the current environment seems to demand that one patent any and everything they can as a pre-emptive defense. Hmm.

cloverich 10y ago

You should read @pluma's explanation of the patent grant. I think its purely a misconception that's unfortunately been regularly repeated. > Then why don't you drink this glass of 70% orange juice and 30% motor oil, since by your definition it's "simply orange juice". I think a more proper correlation of your analogy vs OP's argument would be if you held it up and claims "why I won't be putting this motor oil into my car" and OP pointed out "that's because it contains mostly orange juice." Its intended to be an article about the con's of React Native, but is mostly an article about the cons of Javascript. Its a very well written article and (imho) its best parts are the concerns of long-term development of an entirely distinct ecosystem.

threepipeproblm 10y ago
Not sure I follow your orange juice / motor oil rebuttal but I'm going to focus on the more substantive portion of this interchange... It's purely a misconception in the same way that 30% motor oil is pure orange juice -- which is to say, it's not a misconception, by my reading. I wonder what my IP laywer would say about it, will post if I decide to ask. Unless I am looking at the wrong comment, @pluma's explanation is just that it's not a problem as long as you don't sue Facebook. But this is equivalent to saying that as long as you give up your only recourse in the event FB violates your IP, you'll be fine. To me it seems like a mentality that makes sense primarily if a person doesn't ever expect to do anything worth patenting, or doesn't ever plan on patenting for some other reason. Don't sell yourself short.
- cloverich 10y ago
  I definitely glossed over the patent issue a bit and appreciate the comment. > doesn't ever plan on patenting for some other reason I personally don't believe patents, outside of a few very special circumstances, should be allowed to exist. The idea that Facebook could copy one of my ideas and out-compete me based on their size is, imho, a perfectly reasonable thing for them to do. That being said, the current environment seems to demand that one patent any and everything they can as a pre-emptive defense. Hmm.