I think this means we just lost our license to any Facebook React patents. 
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Replying to @xander76 @robpalmer2 and
So you're saying now they *can* sue me for infringing on their patents?!
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Replying to @mjackson @robpalmer2 and
Yes. MIT has no explicit patent license.
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Permission is hereby granted to use without restriction.
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Sasha Aickin Retweeted Ryan Roemer
Right, and some legal scholars say that is an implicit patent license, but AFAICT no court has yet upheld that.https://twitter.com/ryan_roemer/status/911363546927075329 …
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I'd love to be wrong on this count FWIW.
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I think it's funny to call an unrestricted right to use an implicit license. If you buy off the shelf software w/ that, what would it mean?
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And in answer to your question, off the shelf software is subject to exhaustion of IP rights, so question is moot! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaustion_of_intellectual_property_rights …
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I wasn't thinking about exhaustion! Might it apply to OSS software (recent changes only apply to "licenses" with significant usage restrict)
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My vague understanding (and I'm not a lawyer!) is that exhaustion requires a purchase, but I may be totally wrong.
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Yeah I'm looking for the legal (or case law) definition of "authorized purchase" and didn't find anything about consideration or "free"
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There's some stuff about nonprofits and libraries (could be relevant but not reading case law on my phone to find out)
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I'm well out of my depth on that one!
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