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The “React license” is https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/LICENSE https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/LICENSE It is ust 3-clause BSD and do
by williamstein 9y ago
The “React license” is https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/LICENSE https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/LICENSE
It is ust 3-clause BSD and doesn’t even include the word “patent”. In addition to the license, Facebook also provides a patent grant. Any company or organization could release code under 3-clause BSD and not bother with the additional patent grant. However, Facebook did bother with the additional patent grant, which seems to confuse people.
- rpeden 9y agoI totally get that. I just meant that the presence of the PATENTS file is sufficient to cause doubt in the minds of decision makers at certain types of bigcorps. These projects are never going to release their code under any license. They're more concerned about what the patent grant means if they use React at all. It might not seem entirely rational, but in some circumstances, in risk-averse companies, it's enough to sway the decision away from React. I don't work at such a company, nor would I choose to! :)