You will be hit with a countersuit and then the court will determine what happens depending on strength of both portfolios (or settle).
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Replying to @dan_abramov @Rich_Harris and
Which is exactly what happens if you don’t use React too, or do this with any other major company.
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Replying to @dan_abramov @lukeed05 and
right, but my point is that (to this neutral third party) the patents clause looks like wearing shin pads to avoid getting hit in the face
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Replying to @Rich_Harris @lukeed05 and
Sorry, analogy too thick for evening me. Gist?
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Replying to @dan_abramov @lukeed05 and
My understanding is that if I, the CEO of Trolls Inc, want to sue FB, then I'm free to do so as long as I don't use React
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Replying to @Rich_Harris @dan_abramov and
i.e. the clause protects FB from React-using trolls (the shinkickers in the analogy) but not everyone else (the facepunchers)
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Replying to @Rich_Harris @dan_abramov
So my understanding of the PATENTS clause in react is that it's a revokable license to the patents specifically for technology in react.
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But why I can't seem to find in any of the writing on this subject is what specific patents are being licensed.
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^ What patents does Facebook hold or are any pending that cover React?
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There's a big big list of patents that FB has that could plausibly apply to React.
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Replying to @wycats @chriseppstein and
I thought the issue was that if you sue Facebook over *any* patent you lose the license to use react. Did I misunderstand?
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