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If there is a patent that covers what preact or vue do, then yes. A patent on "react" would not use the term react (it might not even mention JavaScript or web
by cyphar 9y ago
If there is a patent that covers what preact or vue do, then yes. A patent on "react" would not use the term react (it might not even mention JavaScript or web browsers), and it applies to any implementation of a particular concept. So if some aspect of React's DOM handling is patented then anything that implemented DOM handling (patents are a bit more complicated but bear with me) would be a patent violation and any user of the code could be sued. You can also be sued even if you are just a user of a project that uses preact.
- Canada 9y agoIs the list of patents Facebook thinks are used by react even disclosed?
- timv 9y agoNo. The majority view seems to be that there are none. But Facebook has a very large patent portfolio, so if they wanted to sue/counter-sue you, they could probably find something that was close enough to lock you up in litigation for a long time.
- ergo14 9y agohttps://www.google.com/patents/US20170221242 https://www.google.com/patents/US20170221242 - The majority is probably wrong in this case, unfortunately.