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> AFAIK Should I tell that to my investors? That AFA matthewmacleod on HN knows, we are good? > then all of the popular alternatives almost certainly infringe

> AFAIK Should I tell that to my investors? That AFA matthewmacleod on HN knows, we are good? > then all of the popular alternatives almost certainly infringe on them as well. But the lawsuit would be against those alternatives directly and not my company? I'm not sure about this, but I'm not also sure why we should be taking advice about this issue from non-experts.

leshow 9y ago
You could easily use this argument against the writer of the original blog post. "Someone wrote a blog post saying React's license is bad"
- tchaffee 9y ago
  That's a fair point. We really need some patent and license lawyers to weigh in on this and willing to put some skin in the game. I think Facebook should also be willing to change the license to clarify intent so they can't later use the license to do something other than what they claim they want to do: make software patents useless.
  - EdwardMSmith 9y ago
    An IP lawyer has: https://medium.com/@dwalsh.sdlr/react-facebook-and-the-revokable-patent-license-why-its-a-paper-25c40c50b562 https://medium.com/@dwalsh.sdlr/react-facebook-and-the-revok...
    - tchaffee 9y ago
      Thanks. I'm already aware of that article. What I meant by some skin in the game is the opposite of what the author included at the end of that article: "Disclaimer: As with everything in law, I reserve the right to throw every word out like yesterday’s newspaper if presented with new information or a recent decision by a non-caffeinated judge. Hubris and the law make for bad bedfellows. If you have information or arguments that I didn’t consider, make them below! I will update this blog if any new information changes my opinion."
matthewmacleod 9y ago
No, you’re not supposed to use my advice to decide what technology you should use. You would need to speak to an IP lawyer. But the lawsuit would be against those alternatives directly and not my company We are explicitly talking about a situation in which you lose the right to use patented technology in React because you sue Facebook for violating your patents. But if you don’t use React, you don’t have a license to use those patents at all in the first place. You’re in no worse position than you were.

leshow 9y ago

You could easily use this argument against the writer of the original blog post. "Someone wrote a blog post saying React's license is bad"

tchaffee 9y ago
That's a fair point. We really need some patent and license lawyers to weigh in on this and willing to put some skin in the game. I think Facebook should also be willing to change the license to clarify intent so they can't later use the license to do something other than what they claim they want to do: make software patents useless.
- EdwardMSmith 9y ago
  An IP lawyer has: https://medium.com/@dwalsh.sdlr/react-facebook-and-the-revokable-patent-license-why-its-a-paper-25c40c50b562 https://medium.com/@dwalsh.sdlr/react-facebook-and-the-revok...
  - tchaffee 9y ago
    Thanks. I'm already aware of that article. What I meant by some skin in the game is the opposite of what the author included at the end of that article: "Disclaimer: As with everything in law, I reserve the right to throw every word out like yesterday’s newspaper if presented with new information or a recent decision by a non-caffeinated judge. Hubris and the law make for bad bedfellows. If you have information or arguments that I didn’t consider, make them below! I will update this blog if any new information changes my opinion."

matthewmacleod 9y ago

No, you’re not supposed to use my advice to decide what technology you should use. You would need to speak to an IP lawyer. But the lawsuit would be against those alternatives directly and not my company We are explicitly talking about a situation in which you lose the right to use patented technology in React because you sue Facebook for violating your patents. But if you don’t use React, you don’t have a license to use those patents at all in the first place. You’re in no worse position than you were.