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I think the key bit is Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Facebook or any of its subsidiaries or corporate affiliates files a lawsuit alleging patent infringemen
by themgt 12y ago
I think the key bit is Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Facebook or any of its subsidiaries or corporate affiliates files a lawsuit alleging patent infringement against you in the first instance, and you respond by filing a patent infringement counterclaim in that lawsuit against that party that is unrelated to the Software, the license granted hereunder will not terminate under section (i) of this paragraph due to such counterclaim.
In other words, it's an explicitly defensive capability they are reserving - to revoke your patent grant iff you are the one to initiate a patent suit against them. If every open source project included such a statement, it could potentially do a lot to end software patent wars.
- jsprogrammer 12y agoDon't sue us, we'll sue you.
- sulam 12y agoI don't think I follow the logic. Most of the "bad" patent lawsuits are from companies that don't make any software. Not being able to use React (or even Linux, let's say) would hardly be a problem for them.
- tomjen3 12y agoI am sure that we could find some open source software that they use. Surely they have a website? That almost certainly use Jquery, right?