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Re:React 16 by qaq on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:21PM (#15340708)
How exactly does it put patent controversy behind us? Before you had limited patent grant now you have none
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Re:React 16 by brlewis on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:26PM (#15340752)
Because now it's exactly like every other piece of open source software, so lawyers can stop debating whether it's better or worse than an implicit grant.
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Re:React 16 by qaq on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @02:04PM (#15341117)
Like every other piece of OS software that is known to be covered by patents
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Re:React 16 by brlewis on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @03:25PM (#15341744)
Just because software is not known to be covered by patents doesn't mean you don't have to worry about software patents.
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Re:React 16 by abritinthebay on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @03:15PM (#15341667)
It doesn't - but it does make lawyers fret less.

It's also more compatible (which, tbh, is actually more important practically) and that was the main problem with the whole Apache thing.

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