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Thanks for sharing this. It brings up some interesting questions. Does this mean React cannot be used by European government agencies since they claim (via law)

by kriro 12y ago

Thanks for sharing this. It brings up some interesting questions. Does this mean React cannot be used by European government agencies since they claim (via law) that patents are not enforcable? What if I merely live in the EU and thus implicitly agree to the laws in Europw. Does that fall under "other action" or would I have to explicitly state that I think their patents are not enforceable. What if I have actively participated in the anti software patents movement? Do I have to single out specific Facebook patents for this clause to trigger or is it enough that they are caught in the general umbrella? Edit: I'm assuming this is found on all the stuff they release and not just fbcunn? At least it's also true for react: https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/PATENTS https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/PATENTS

Denvercoder9 12y ago
> What if I merely live in the EU and thus implicitly agree to the laws in Europw. Does that fall under "other action" or would I have to explicitly state that I think their patents are not enforceable. It doesn't matter. If their patents aren't valid where you live, you don't need their patent grant.
- kriro 12y ago
  If I live where I do and thus could be said to agree with the fact that their patents cannot be enforced here it still matters if I want to use it for software that is used elsewhere. The way I read it I could be constructed as claiming their patents are not enforcable here and thus the grant would be revoked in countries where I'd need it (not here).