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I suggest removing the Wit.ai stuff from the issue. In this case less is more.

axaxs 6y ago
Agreed. What FB did here is really scummy, they are clearly violating your license, so stick it to them on that issue. By bringing up unrelated issues one muddies the original intent.
- johannes1234321 6y ago
  If they didn't take any code they probably didn't violate a license. Copyright protects the actual work, not an idea. Ideas are protected with patents or similar legal mechanisms. The name is protected by trademark law. (And to be clear: I agree that FB at least socially behaves wrong, if there is a legal mechanisms however is questionable)
  - kumarm 6y ago
    They did take the code. Here is the proof: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/f9c2157141b8fcddcb2d2c576c952f2ce7daedda#diff-5d2241a2aa7c8754bda9b7ce7ea952e4e3313afebfedfc40d4274298ba11765e https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/f9c2157141b8... (Posted in another thread on same discussion).
    - yorwba 6y ago
      That commit doesn't prove any code was taken...
    - xenocratus 6y ago
      How exactly is that proof? That's just replacing the usage of one library with another. You can go and see the original repo here: https://github.com/dessant/label-actions https://github.com/dessant/label-actions And the "copied" one here: https://github.com/hramos/label-actions https://github.com/hramos/label-actions I didn't look too much at the code, but at first glance it doesn't seem copied. The API might be the same or similar, but that's a different discussion, as is for taking the same name.
- Rebelgecko 6y ago
  From what I've seen in r/Oculus, complaining in a very public way is the most effective way to get your FB account unbanned
belval 6y ago
Yeah that part felt like the listing of grievances and it won't help. It's probably a completely different team that should be contacted by other means. At least the label-actions author is probably on whatever #github channel facebook has internally and as such can be somewhat easliy contacted by the react-native repo maintainers.
- that_guy_iain 6y ago
  To be fair, this issue is going to get a lot of traffic. And complaints getting traffic are how issues are solved with Facebook.
thih9 6y ago
Agreed, it seems offtopic. At the same time it feels important on its own. I’d be interested in a follow up post that would focus on just that.
- RonanTheGrey 6y ago
  Yeah, came here to say that. Wit.ai looks interesting but I won't touch it with a 100ft pole as long as they require Facebook login. Unfortunate they have to promote the walled garden. But also agree it was offtopic for the Github issue. Keep that focused on the naming and IP issue.

Agreed. What FB did here is really scummy, they are clearly violating your license, so stick it to them on that issue. By bringing up unrelated issues one muddies the original intent.

johannes1234321 6y ago
If they didn't take any code they probably didn't violate a license. Copyright protects the actual work, not an idea. Ideas are protected with patents or similar legal mechanisms. The name is protected by trademark law. (And to be clear: I agree that FB at least socially behaves wrong, if there is a legal mechanisms however is questionable)
- kumarm 6y ago
  They did take the code. Here is the proof: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/f9c2157141b8fcddcb2d2c576c952f2ce7daedda#diff-5d2241a2aa7c8754bda9b7ce7ea952e4e3313afebfedfc40d4274298ba11765e https://github.com/facebook/react-native/commit/f9c2157141b8... (Posted in another thread on same discussion).
  - yorwba 6y ago
    That commit doesn't prove any code was taken...
  - xenocratus 6y ago
    How exactly is that proof? That's just replacing the usage of one library with another. You can go and see the original repo here: https://github.com/dessant/label-actions https://github.com/dessant/label-actions And the "copied" one here: https://github.com/hramos/label-actions https://github.com/hramos/label-actions I didn't look too much at the code, but at first glance it doesn't seem copied. The API might be the same or similar, but that's a different discussion, as is for taking the same name.
Rebelgecko 6y ago
From what I've seen in r/Oculus, complaining in a very public way is the most effective way to get your FB account unbanned

belval 6y ago

Yeah that part felt like the listing of grievances and it won't help. It's probably a completely different team that should be contacted by other means. At least the label-actions author is probably on whatever #github channel facebook has internally and as such can be somewhat easliy contacted by the react-native repo maintainers.

that_guy_iain 6y ago
To be fair, this issue is going to get a lot of traffic. And complaints getting traffic are how issues are solved with Facebook.

thih9 6y ago

Agreed, it seems offtopic. At the same time it feels important on its own. I’d be interested in a follow up post that would focus on just that.

RonanTheGrey 6y ago
Yeah, came here to say that. Wit.ai looks interesting but I won't touch it with a 100ft pole as long as they require Facebook login. Unfortunate they have to promote the walled garden. But also agree it was offtopic for the Github issue. Keep that focused on the naming and IP issue.