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Re:Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Pate... by cma on Sunday July 16, 2017 @12:44AM (#14780526)
You can't legally use React without a patents license. The difference between the patents grant and the copyright license is mostly in the timeframe they cover (20 years for patents, 100+ years or whatever for copyright).
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Re:Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Pate... by Lazare on Sunday July 16, 2017 @01:58AM (#14780715)
> You can't legally use React without a patents license.

I'll send you US$50 if you can find ANY evidence this is true in the US, UK, Aus, or Canada. :)

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Re:Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Pate... by khuey on Sunday July 16, 2017 @02:02AM (#14780730)
That nobody seems to know whether there are in fact any patents licensed by the patent grant within React is one of the most frustrating things about it.
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Re:Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Pate... by Lazare on Sunday July 16, 2017 @02:09AM (#14780751)
Agreed. It gives the entire debate a very metaphysical quality. How can I determine the value of a patent grant when I don't know what the patents are, or if they even exist?
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Re:Apache Foundation disallows use of the Facebook “BSD+Pate... by smarx007 on Sunday July 16, 2017 @06:46AM (#14781444)
A quick search on WIPO:

https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=US90... https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=US19...

Query:

    PA:facebook* AND FP:(Hierarchical user interface) AND CTR:US
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