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Re:Explaining React's license by robocat on Saturday August 19, 2017 @01:50AM (#15051902)
"If you are OK with using MIT or BSD licensed software you should be OK with using Facebook's BSD + Patents software." (From GP)

I.e. patent grant nullifies, and you are left with a BSD only license.

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Re:Explaining React's license by slavik81 on Saturday August 19, 2017 @03:09AM (#15052117)
The main BSD license file says plainly that Facebook grants you the right to use the software. Nowhere does it say that it is merely a grant of copyrights. While the Facebook Additional Grant of Patent Rights purports to be purely additive, its mere existence changes how I would interpret the scope of that main license file. As such, I find the meaning and implications of Facebook's contract to be unclear. I would not want to depend on it, personally.

The feeling is a bit like stepping into a restaurant that offers lead-free burgers for only $0.99 extra. Theoretically, declining the upcharge is no different than eating anywhere else. Yet...

I am not a lawyer. This is not legal advice.

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