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> It is completely unthinkable that Facebook would do this. Facebook is a (among many other things) a software company, and software companies do warfare with
by beagle3 9y ago
> It is completely unthinkable that Facebook would do this.
Facebook is a (among many other things) a software company, and software companies do warfare with patents. It might be their least favorite weapon, one they have yet to use - but "unthinkable" can only refer to your beliefs -- it is actually extremely thinkable, even if at this point in time improbable.
- jacquesm 9y agoThe lifetime of JS frameworks is so short that this is not a realistic concern, beyond that the license makes it impossible. Sorry but this is not a scenario that will play out in some way that you'd have to be worried about it when evaluating your choices today.
- beagle3 9y agoFor react, you are probably right. I'm really concerned about zstd working its way into some future de-facto standard file format, though - I think the name "zstd" is marketing genius (of the evil kind).