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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] reactjs
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https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/whitesource-blog/facebook-react-license=
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Reading the Fine Print in Facebook React=E2=80=99s Open Source License
17 May 2017 by David Thompson
facebook-react-1
As enterprise adoption of open source continuously soars to new heights, gi=
ants of software have become major contributors to open source repositories=
. Facebook has long been considered an undisputed open source leader, with =
over 100 active repositories on GitHub.
One of Facebook=E2=80=99s most popular open source projects is React. React=
is a project driven by Facebook and Instagram that provides a JavaScript l=
ibrary for developing user interfaces. It was created to enable developers =
to build large applications with data that changes, and is intended to impr=
ove performance, while providing a simple programming model. Developers tha=
t use react say one of its advantages over other JavaScript libraries is th=
at it takes a different approach to building applications, by allowing them=
to break the application down into separate components that are decoupled =
so that the different components can be maintained and iterated independent=
ly. Since Facebook open sourced ReactJS in 2013, some of the leading websit=
es and online service providers have used it, including Apple, Microsoft, K=
han Academy, Airbnb, Netflix, WordPress, some of the New York Times interac=
tive media, and, of course, Instagram=E2=80=99s website which was built wit=
h React. The List of React users goes on and on.
Make Sure You Read the Fine Print: The Puzzling Patent Clause
A declarative, efficient and flexible open source JavaScript library that e=
verybody=E2=80=99s using, from the company that loves a good share: what=E2=
=80=99s not to love? But before you start using it for your application, or=
adopt or purchase components that incorporate React, it might be a good id=
ea to take a closer look at the license agreement, or, specifically - the p=
atent clause - that Facebook created.
=
Download our free guide - Learn all you've ever wanted to know about open s=
ource licenses!
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What You Need to Know About React=E2=80=99s Unusual Open Source License
Developer=E2=80=99s forums have been abuzz for the past two years over the =
patent clause attached to React=E2=80=99s license. About a year and a half =
after Facebook open sourced React with a standard Apache License 2.0, React=
replaced this with a 3-clause BSD license and added a separate, PATENTS te=
xt file, that provided rights to any Facebook patents relevant to each give=
n project, along with a text file document titled =E2=80=9CAdditional Grant=
of Patent Rights=E2=80=9D that included a clause stating that the license =
would be revoked if the software user were to initiate or participate in ce=
rtain patent infringement lawsuits - including filing a patent lawsuit agai=
nst Facebook or its affiliates. This unconventional clause caused quite a s=
tir in the open source community, with developers concerned that this claus=
e allowed Facebook to initiate patent lawsuits and restricted defensive law=
suits against them.
Due to the community=E2=80=99s outcry, Facebook updated the =E2=80=9CAdditi=
onal Grant of Patent Rights=E2=80=9D clause that softened the termination p=
rovision to say that the React software user would not lose the right to us=
e the software under Facebook patents in the special case in which the lice=
nsee brings a patent lawsuit that is a counterclaim against Facebook or its=
affiliates that is unrelated to React.js.
Still, parts of the open source community stick by their criticism of the p=
atent clause, stating that the clause is an unnecessary addition to the sta=
ndard BSD license =E2=80=93 which doesn=E2=80=99t leave room for a licensor=
to successfully sue under patents, anyway; that the language of the agreem=
ent is not clear enough; and that the clause actually undermines the origin=
al definition of open source.
Is React Really Open Source?
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