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Re:Facebook's seized files published by MPs by fantunes on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @10:47AM (#18609275)
> Do you work at Facebook? Shame on you.

Does it apply to the people using its products, softwares, services?

What's the ethical threshold for using reactjs for example in this scenario?

Re:Facebook's seized files published by MPs by amelius on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @11:30AM (#18609741)
By using reactjs you are supporting their R&D. It improves their attractiveness for top researchers.
Re:Facebook's seized files published by MPs by nindalf on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @12:51PM (#18610611)
What if you use a website that uses reactjs? How culpable are you?
Re:Facebook's seized files published by MPs by amelius on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @01:02PM (#18610728)
Less culpable.
Re:Facebook's seized files published by MPs by nindalf on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @02:25PM (#18611579)
Thank you for making value judgements on our behalf.
Re:Facebook's seized files published by MPs by amelius on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @02:40PM (#18611709)
Well, in this case "more culpable" doesn't make much sense, or do you think otherwise? Perhaps equally culpable would be an option.

Not sure what point you are trying to make, though.

Re:Facebook's seized files published by MPs by josefx on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @11:08AM (#18609508)
Didn't they try to push some rather questionable licensing terms on react or do I confuse it with a different open source library? If it was then its users almost became another victim of facebook trying out where it can get away with abusing its position.
Re:Facebook's seized files published by MPs by iaml on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @11:55AM (#18610048)
They did have a license with a clause allowing them to sue or restrict access to it legally, but they changed it to a more permissive one. Also, even if they did try to do anything, no one was stopping you from replacing react with inferno or preact, they have compatible APIs.