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What about GraphQL?

• adamkl 9y ago
  Is the GraphQL spec itself under the BSD+patents clause? Or just their specific implementation? Couldn’t somebody like the Apollo crew create their own implementation if necessary?
  • edsrzf 9y ago
    The problem is that there actually are patents covering GraphQL. So anybody who writes an alternative GraphQL server implementation is potentially infringing upon those patents. The issue with the GraphQL spec is that people actually want a patent grant for alternative implementations, but there isn't one.
• linkmotif 9y ago
  Waiting for update here https://github.com/facebook/graphql/issues/351 https://github.com/facebook/graphql/issues/351
• ythn 9y ago
  "This shift naturally raises questions about the rest of Facebook's open source projects. Many of our popular projects will keep the BSD + Patents license for now."
• ryenus 9y ago
  Still an issue: https://github.com/facebook/graphql/issues/351 https://github.com/facebook/graphql/issues/351, There's a patent: https://www.google.com/patents/US9646028 https://www.google.com/patents/US9646028, and a recent discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15289676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15289676
• chrisco255 9y ago
  My guess is they go with Apache v2 for GraphQL.