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Re:Startups should not use React by yozel on Monday August 21, 2017 @04:18AM (#15062820)
Facebook won't counter sue you. They don't have to. You just lose your right to use React, due to its license.
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Re:Startups should not use React by ec109685 on Monday August 21, 2017 @04:56AM (#15062978)
That's not true: https://code.facebook.com/pages/850928938376556

Facebook can't take away your rights to use React under the BSD license, no matter what you do.

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Re:Startups should not use React by kybernetikos on Monday August 21, 2017 @04:28AM (#15062866)
I believe you still have a right to use it under copyright law since the license isn't terminated, it's just that potentially you may be infringing some patents, but so far nobody has actually pointed out what those patents would be, so I think it's a valid question.
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Re:Startups should not use React by CodesInChaos on Monday August 21, 2017 @05:00AM (#15062997)
You only lose the patent license, not the copyright license. So it is important to know if facebook actually owns patents covering react and if those patents cover other frameworks as well (e.g. because they cover all virtual DOMs).
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