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Re:Explaining React's license by koolba on Saturday August 19, 2017 @08:30AM (#15053010)
From the linked FAQ:

>> Does the additional patent grant in the Facebook BSD+Patents license terminate if I sue Facebook for something other than patent infringement?

> No.

>> Does the additional patent grant in the Facebook BSD+Patents license terminate if Facebook sues me for patent infringement first, and then I respond with a patent counterclaim against Facebook?

> No, unless your patent counterclaim is related to Facebook's software licensed under the Facebook BSD+Patents license.

My interpretation of that is if I use React I can't sue Facebook for any patent violations lest they pull their React patent licenses and immediately sue me for infringement.

Re:Explaining React's license by Lazare on Saturday August 19, 2017 @09:35AM (#15053256)
> immediately sue me for infringement.

Of what? Patents are public; link me the patent you think they'd sue you for infringing. :)

Re:Explaining React's license by koolba on Saturday August 19, 2017 @09:48AM (#15053312)
> Of what? Patents are public; link me the patent you think they'd sue you for infringing. :)

If they really want to crush little ol' me, I'm sure their legal team can find something in their existing patent warchest that would apply to React.

Plus we don't know if they have applied for patents that would apply to React that are still under review.

Re:Explaining React's license by Lazare on Saturday August 19, 2017 @10:45AM (#15053639)
> If they really want to crush little ol' me, I'm sure their legal team can find something in their existing patent warchest that would apply to React.

Yes, but also to your non-React code, right?

Like...seriously, what patent do you think they might have that somehow only applies to React and not all the other modern frameworks that have been busily copying React?

Re:Explaining React's license by koolba on Saturday August 19, 2017 @12:54PM (#15054341)
That would require discovery. React being front end is immediately apparent if in use. You can't hide or deny it.