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DATE | 2017-06-07 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] reactjs
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From hangout-bounces-at-nylxs.com Wed Jun 7 02:59:17 2017 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-at-nylxs.com Delivered-To: archive-at-nylxs.com Received: from www.mrbrklyn.com (www.mrbrklyn.com [96.57.23.82]) by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E17BB163F55; Wed, 7 Jun 2017 02:59:14 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-To: hangout-at-nylxs.com Delivered-To: hangout-at-nylxs.com Received: from [10.0.0.62] (flatbush.mrbrklyn.com [10.0.0.62]) by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D46D4160876 for ; Wed, 7 Jun 2017 02:59:11 -0400 (EDT) To: Hangout From: Ruben Safir Message-ID: Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 02:59:11 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Language: en-US Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] reactjs X-BeenThere: hangout-at-nylxs.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: NYLXS Tech Talk and Politics List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Errors-To: hangout-bounces-at-nylxs.com Sender: "Hangout"
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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.
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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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