React Native is now open source

Re:React Native is now open source by chrisdevereux on Thursday March 26, 2015 @02:36PM (#9272078)

Any idea what there is in React that Facebook have or are likely to have Patents over? Presumably, using another React-like framework might open you up to issues with these without the (limited) protection of the patent grant.

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Re:React Native is now open source by dustingetz on Thursday March 26, 2015 @04:21PM (#9272796)

There is prior art, the first time I saw vdom was at Clojure Conj 2012, six months before React was publicly released. Project was called "webfui" by Conrad Barski, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HeI5-D7SQe8

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Re:React Native is now open source by kibibu on Friday March 27, 2015 @01:24AM (#9274882)

You just terminated all of your Facebook patent licenses, just then, by your assertion alleging that any right in any patent claim of Facebook is invalid or unenforceable.

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Re:React Native is now open source by guscost on Thursday March 26, 2015 @03:11PM (#9272333)

I don't think anyone has been able to answer this (and I suspect anyone at Facebook who might know is not allowed to bring it up).

But I think you've made a very good point. If you're not going to avoid all component-based and/or virtual-DOM view engines, picking an alternative to React may not give you any advantage in a legal situation.

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Re:React Native is now open source by chrisdevereux on Thursday March 26, 2015 @03:03PM (#9272283)

I'm interpreting the "this license will revoke" as referring to the additional patent grant, not the BSD license for use of the software.

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