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Re:The Future of HHVM by zimbatm on Monday September 18, 2017 @04:02PM (#15279011)
If Facebook had released the code under BSD then nobody would have complained.

But this basically gives a BSD plus patent grant, and reverts to BSD if there are any patent litigations. And now people are complaining.

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Re:The Future of HHVM by s73ver_ on Monday September 18, 2017 @06:29PM (#15280256)
Because it is them saying, "We can take all of your patents, but if you sue us for it, then you don't get to use this."
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Re:The Future of HHVM by jbergens on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @02:17AM (#15282202)
IANAL. I think that is a common misunderstanding of the clause. If you sue them for react patents you can still use HHVM, or vice versa.

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

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Re:The Future of HHVM by abritinthebay on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @10:46AM (#15285087)
Not even close to true
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