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The odds are much lower than 1 in a million. It’s any kind of patent. Facebook aren’t just a social media software company anymore by any means. What this mean
by afro88 9y ago
The odds are much lower than 1 in a million. It’s any kind of patent. Facebook aren’t just a social media software company anymore by any means.
What this means is they can infringe on your patent on say “tinder for dogs bark swipe mechanism” and they can infringe all day long knowing you would have to migrate off React Native and GraphQL before sueing them over it
- chrisco255 9y agoI think your example just shows how ridiculous software patents are as a concept. Facebook's license is an attempt to prevent silly lawsuits over things like that.
- politician 9y agoI don't think you're thinking it through. Facebook is setting up a situation where it can do bargain barrel corp dev -- acquihires or (what reasonable folks would consider) theft of IP based on what technology was used to build the target's "About Us" page.
- chrisco255 9y agoNo, they're setting up a situation where if Yahoo sues them for some one-click patent they can be like, "well, you're using our virtual dom patent so let's call the whole thing off"