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Does Facebook realistically have any incentive to remove the clause? Is there a history of them enforcing it (and forcing a competitor to stop using React)?
by krrishd 9y ago
Does Facebook realistically have any incentive to remove the clause?
Is there a history of them enforcing it (and forcing a competitor to stop using React)?
- benologist 9y agoThe Apache Foundation does not permit it, so they'll probably have to debundle the patents: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14779881 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14779881
- krrishd 9y agoI'm not particularly well-versed in how these things work -- does that mean Facebook would no longer be able to use BSD licensing for React since it's from Apache?