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Any idea what there is in React that Facebook have or are likely to have Patents over? Presumably, using another React-like framework might open you up to issue
by chrisdevereux 12y ago
Any idea what there is in React that Facebook have or are likely to have Patents over? Presumably, using another React-like framework might open you up to issues with these without the (limited) protection of the patent grant.
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- chrisdevereux 12y agoI'm interpreting the "this license will revoke" as referring to the additional patent grant, not the BSD license for use of the software.
- guscost 12y agoI don't think anyone has been able to answer this (and I suspect anyone at Facebook who might know is not allowed to bring it up). But I think you've made a very good point. If you're not going to avoid all component-based and/or virtual-DOM view engines, picking an alternative to React may not give you any advantage in a legal situation.
- dustingetz 12y agoThere is prior art, the first time I saw vdom was at Clojure Conj 2012, six months before React was publicly released. Project was called "webfui" by Conrad Barski, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HeI5-D7SQe8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HeI5-D7SQe8
- kibibu 12y agoYou just terminated all of your Facebook patent licenses, just then, by your assertion alleging that any right in any patent claim of Facebook is invalid or unenforceable.