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Help me on this: Facebook has just removed the PATENTS file from GraphQL repository, and now there are issues for this? And at the same time people are arguing
by yuchi 9y ago
Help me on this: Facebook has just removed the PATENTS file from GraphQL repository, and now there are issues for this? And at the same time people are arguing over removing it from React?
This is madness…
- worldsayshi 9y agoWhat? They haven't... https://github.com/graphql/graphql-js/blob/master/PATENTS https://github.com/graphql/graphql-js/blob/master/PATENTS
- Flenser 9y agoThe graphql-js repo is an implementation of GraphQL in JavaScript The graphql repo is the specification for GraphQL. There has never been a PATENTS file in that repo or any mention of patents: https://github.com/facebook/graphql/search?q=patents&type=Commits&utf8=%E2%9C%93 https://github.com/facebook/graphql/search?q=patents&type=Co... See DannyBee's post for why a patent grant for a specification is different from software: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15291330 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15291330
- twinsart 9y agoYou're probably thinking of RocksDB