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Re:React 16 by signal11 on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @02:12PM (#15341178)
IANAL, but is it fair to say that using React under MIT doesn't leave you any worse off than using Angular and Vue? (both of which are MIT-licensed)

Depending on the patent in question, it is possible to be on the hook even if you don't use React.

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Re:React 16 by mihular on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @03:18PM (#15341684)
But do the others have explicit patents?
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Re:React 16 by pritambaral on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @08:37PM (#15343929)
Does React?
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Re:React 16 by mihular on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @02:12AM (#15345290)
I don't know. But Facebook owns around 5200 patents. Add the previous patent clause to it and you have a good probability that there are patents covering parts of react. VirtualDOM is certainly a candidate.
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