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I stand corrected: yarn is not a facebook project, despite being launched to look very much like one. so, who owns the IP?
> despite being launched to look very much like one We went out of our way to make it to not look like that https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/facebook-partners-with-google-others-to-launch-a-new-javascript-package-manager/ … I wrote Yarn while employed at Facebook, it's not clear how it would have been released without that association.
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Wait, you're using _that_ article to illustrate "went out of our way to make it not look like a Facebook launch"? Really? It literally says "Facebook today launched Yarn, a new package manager for JavaScript. " and doesn't include any pushback from you.
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It was some press interview I was made to do. I answered questions from the reporter. I did not organize it. The article references other companies. If you want the official Facebook post: https://code.fb.com/web/yarn-a-new-package-manager-for-javascript/ … > a collaboration with Exponent, Google, and Tilde
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Confirm. I was there and we worked really hard to avoid making it look owned by Facebook.
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I think that more people would have been upset if that association and history was hidden. Getting a big tech co to agree to open source something not under it's own banner and licensing was extremely difficult and not something that I think should be discouraged or shamed.
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