Closed IamManchanda closed 7 years ago
Just want to know your guys take on this... I just gave an example and I personally think that this is not right. After all { Open Source is about creating communities to build better software together. }
This is not against facebook dignity but is this license good or risky for open source ??
OR, Shall I ask "Is this really Open Source?"
cc @zpao @gaearon sir ?? Please would be great if you can reply!
Somehow, got a problem with Facebook, Inc which doesnt have anything to do with react or open source for that matter and I sue facebook due to some reasons (which even dont have to do anything with the codes).
The additional patent grant is only revoked if you sue Facebook for patent infringement, not for something else. This is explicitly said in the clause. It's also called out in the FAQ:
http://code.facebook.com/license-faq
Unless you filed US patents (did you?) or bought them, and then decided to sue Facebook for violation of these patents (which would alone cost a lot of money in preparing the lawsuits), there is no way this clause affects you.
The clause has nothing to do with whether you "compete" with Facebook or not. In fact Twitter, arguably a Facebook competitor, is happily using React.
I can't offer you legal advice but I hope this helps.
Hey dang There is nothing like legal advice... I am not creating a startup (atleast not right now for sure) ... What I am asking you is simply this
"IS THIS OPEN SOURCE?" Is it good for open source @gaearon ??
PS: I am standing up for open source rights not startup/legal advice ??
IS THIS OPEN SOURCE?
Yes
We’re relicensing React, Jest, Flow, and Immutable.js under the MIT license. I hope that this addresses your concerns.
https://code.facebook.com/posts/300798627056246/relicensing-react-jest-flow-and-immutable-js/
Yes it did! Thanks a lot @gaearon @zpao
Hey guys, First of all... thank you for such a great framework... Just started learning react and it's mindblowing comparing to frameworks like maybe Angular
But, This is been raised yesterday => https://medium.com/@raulk/if-youre-a-startup-you-should-not-use-react-reflecting-on-the-bsd-patents-license-b049d4a67dd2
As far I can understand... For example
and here is one more example (this time from the post)