Totally surprised to see this patent clause in React: https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/PATENTS … and amazed nobody seems to care.
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Replying to @bcardarella
@bcardarella@mixonic Are you kidding me? That's an anti-patent-trolling clause.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @floydophone
@floydophone Educate me! 140 chars is tight space to explain legalese I know.@bcardarella1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mixonic
@floydophone My read is FB grants you rights, but if you get in a legal disagreement they void those rights. I'm off base?@bcardarella5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mixonic
@mixonic I believe it is the software patent mexican standoff clause.@bcardarella1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @floydophone
@floydophone@mixonic@bcardarella same clause in Apache 2 and Mozilla Pub Licenses. Called a "retaliation clause." http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Patent_clauses_in_software_licences …5 replies 0 retweets 6 likes -
Replying to @sayrer
@sayrer@floydophone@mixonic@bcardarella probably so they don't have to paste it at the top of *every* file. (I don't work at FB)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@sayrer @SlexAxton @floydophone @mixonic @bcardarella Also it only applies to FB, not other contributors.
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