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Imagine I come up with a really cool middle-out compression algorithm. I also build my online presence using React.js. If Facebook uses my algorithm without my
by RodericDay 10y ago
Imagine I come up with a really cool middle-out compression algorithm. I also build my online presence using React.js.
If Facebook uses my algorithm without my permission, and I sue them, do I open myself to being sued for using React.js?
- EdwardMSmith 10y agoYour explicit grant to any patents that Facebook holds that may cover react is terminated. Your license to use react is not terminated (https://code.facebook.com/pages/850928938376556 https://code.facebook.com/pages/850928938376556). So, what is the practical upshot of not having the explicit grant to the patents? Can you be sued for patent infringement for using open source software that may be covered by patents owned by the majority contributor to the open source software?
- bryanlarsen 10y agoIANAL, but: Your license to React.js patents terminates. Your license to those patents was valid before you sued, so you cannot be sued for past damages. If you continue to use React.js after you sue, you then would become vulnerable. But your usage of React.js has little to do with that. Any patent that Facebook has that applies to React.js probably also applies to pretty much any other modern web framework. There are tons of Facebook patents that you're violating already, whether you use React.js or not. Patents are only useful for trolls and big companies. Any little guy trying to assert patents is going to lose big time in the counter-suit.