Kudos to the React team for relicensing to MIT and thank you so much for listening. Thank you thank you thank you.
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Replying to @wycats
I literally don't understand how this is a better situation. Whether MIT implies a patent grant has never been tested in court, afaik.
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Replying to @tobie
Some people believe that, most didn't. If you're worried about being sued by Facebook for React patent infringement, you're so fucked anyway
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Replying to @wycats
This just seems like a step down disguised as a step up.
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Replying to @tobie
The previous license overtly and explicitly recruited you into a patent war you didn't want any part of. The new license is the status quo.
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Replying to @wycats
No. The previous license gave you the right to use plus granted the patents under certain conditions. This one gives you the right to use…
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… plus a never tried in court possible implicit patent grant. Apache 2.0 would have been a lot clearer.
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Imagine if you bought some commercial software without an explicit patent grant and 5 years later were sued for patent infringement.
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