Re:Messenger.com Now 50% Converted to Reason
by Lazare on Sunday September 10, 2017 @06:17PM
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> What I said was, if you sue Facebook for infringing on your patents then, by my reading, you lose the React software license.
Your reading is wrong: https://medium.com/@dwalsh.sdlr/react-facebook-and-the-revok...
Re:Messenger.com Now 50% Converted to Reason
by abritinthebay on Monday September 11, 2017 @12:34PM
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Your reading is absolutely wrong.
I urge you to reread the Patent Grant: no-where does it even come close to saying that.
What I said was, if you sue Facebook for infringing on your patents then, by my reading, you lose the React software license. I didn't say that you lose the license if React contains patented works.
I saw the whole Linux v SCO thing so I hate FUD as much as the next guy, but I am literally going by the words in that document. I'm not adding or embellishing. Maybe my interpretation is wrong--I'm not a lawyer--but this is what I see when I read it.
> Let’s say you remove the patents license ... if you sued FB over patents and they revoked it that so many ppl are complaining about.
As I explained, my reading is that if Facebook removes the patent grant and you were to sue them, they could not revoke the React software license, which is what I believe they can do now.
Again, I know my reading may be wrong. But I am going by the exact wording of the patent grant.