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Re:Explaining React's license by Lazare on Saturday August 19, 2017 @12:51AM (#15051748)
> People are worried about Situation C: React is licensed under BSD + PATENTS. You sue Facebook (or any corporate affiliate of theirs) for infringing on your widget patent. Facebook revokes your react license and counter sues you for copyright infringement.

This cannot happen. This is not a thing. Nobody is legitimately worried about this; anyone who is needs to take a deep breath and stop being ridiculous. This has been clarified many times.

(Source: The plain language of the license, multiple independent lawyers who have commented on this, Facebook's official license FAQ, etc. The BSD license does not terminate when the patent grant does.)

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Re:Explaining React's license by allover on Saturday August 19, 2017 @10:18AM (#15053485)
The lawyer who wrote this piece [1], AND automattic's general counsel agree on this.

> Automaticc’s general counsel also agrees with my analysis of contractual and copyright liability in that the patent clause does not revoke the underlying license.

[1] https://medium.com/@dwalsh.sdlr/react-facebook-and-the-revok...

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