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Re:Facebook React.js License by pkozlowski_os on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @03:02PM (#12695598)
Right. After you've spent 10+ man/years developing an app based on React / other lib with similar restriction. "stop using React" is fine advise for small projects that can be rewritten in few months by few people. For very large projects the cost of stop using / rewrite could be huge.
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Re:Facebook React.js License by EdwardMSmith on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @03:05PM (#12695615)
But utterly dwarfed by the cost of an offensive patent infringement lawsuit against a $300+ Billion company.
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Re:Facebook React.js License by morgante on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @03:09PM (#12695657)
Exactly. If you're actually in a legal dispute with Facebook, the cost of rewriting your frontend to not use React is minimal.

It's not like React is a massive library with a huge surface area. Even a fairly complex application could be migrated to an alternative like Vue.js if the need arose.

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Re:Facebook React.js License by bdcravens on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @03:24PM (#12695748)
> the cost of rewriting your frontend to not use React is minimal

Or a non-issue if you choose a framework that you feel has safer licensing.

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