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Aslo called a "weak patent retaliation clause" vs React's (current) strong patent retaliation clause. I found the explanations in [1] to be very helpful to unde
by sseppola 9y ago
Aslo called a "weak patent retaliation clause" vs React's (current) strong patent retaliation clause.
I found the explanations in [1] to be very helpful to understand patent clauses.
[1]: 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...
- x0x0 9y agoThat link is also worth reading because the author is a lawyer; he claims the React patent clause is a paper tiger.
- dis-sys 9y agodifferent people have different opinions, the problem is as long as there are many people who have such legal concerns about react's BSD+PATENT, using react would be considered as suicidal for startups.