You'd probably argue that the MIT license implied a very liberal permission to use and would probably win.
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But untested in court so yes let's push more people to use Apache.
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Here's the difference: virtually nobody with plain MIT licenses is *intending* to reserve the right to sue in some conditions.
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Replying to @wycats @dan_abramov
You're arguing "would probably win" better than "guaranteed to not be sued" - this madness. System is broken, but FB slightly less bad here
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Replying to @wycats @dan_abramov
MIT sorry. You said you'd "probably win" if sued under MIT. Hardly better than the guarantee I understand FB's clause to grant us.
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Replying to @AdamRackis @dan_abramov
The difference is that Facebook is listing conditions in which its license won't apply and they single out Facebook.
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Again, the thought experiment of how people would reply if asked to switch to Apache is relevant.
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With Polymer, it's an oversight. They don't intent to reserve any rights to revoke patents. With React, it's a real dispute over policy.
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Replying to @wycats @dan_abramov
I hope Polymer, ng, etc all end up as Apache so FB would be pressured to follow.
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I'm not convinced any amount of pressure will matter here but I'm happy to lead the way (relicensing is hard sadly)
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