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Summary: Manual changes. Reviewed By: TheSavior, yungsters Differential Revision: D7012152 fbshipit-source-id: de7459be3db13c687868b45059856f125c4f2eb1
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| BSD License | ||
| MIT License | ||
| For React Native software | ||
| Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc. | ||
| Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc. All rights reserved. | ||
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| Additional Grant of Patent Rights Version 2 | ||
| "Software" means the React Native software distributed by Facebook, Inc. | ||
| Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”) hereby grants to each recipient of the Software | ||
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| Facebook's rights in any patent claims that are infringed by (i) modifications | ||
| to the Software made by you or any third party or (ii) the Software in | ||
| combination with any software or other technology. | ||
| The license granted hereunder will terminate, automatically and without notice, | ||
| if you (or any of your subsidiaries, corporate affiliates or agents) initiate | ||
| directly or indirectly, or take a direct financial interest in, any Patent | ||
| Assertion: (i) against Facebook or any of its subsidiaries or corporate | ||
| affiliates, (ii) against any party if such Patent Assertion arises in whole or | ||
| in part from any software, technology, product or service of Facebook or any of | ||
| its subsidiaries or corporate affiliates, or (iii) against any party relating | ||
| to the Software. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Facebook or any of its | ||
| subsidiaries or corporate affiliates files a lawsuit alleging patent | ||
| infringement against you in the first instance, and you respond by filing a | ||
| patent infringement counterclaim in that lawsuit against that party that is | ||
| unrelated to the Software, the license granted hereunder will not terminate | ||
| under section (i) of this paragraph due to such counterclaim. | ||
| A "Necessary Claim" is a claim of a patent owned by Facebook that is | ||
| necessarily infringed by the Software standing alone. | ||
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gamingumarFeb 18, 2018
Awesome <3
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Awesome <3
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dantmanFeb 18, 2018
ContributorDo we have a guarantee that Facebook has not patented and will not patent anything that is used in React Native?
Because otherwise this "MIT relicense" everyone is happy about is really just a change from one permissive license to another permissive licence which is basically the same, except it comes packaged with the removal of the guarantee that Facebook isn't going to sue anyone for using React Native.
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Do we have a guarantee that Facebook has not patented and will not patent anything that is used in React Native?
Because otherwise this "MIT relicense" everyone is happy about is really just a change from one permissive license to another permissive licence which is basically the same, except it comes packaged with the removal of the guarantee that Facebook isn't going to sue anyone for using React Native.
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jonlucaFeb 18, 2018
Love seeing the MIT license. I'm not sure about strong guarantees or invalidation of agreements @dantman, but I wouldn't be too cynical about this. The actions of the past few months tend to look like it's going in a positive FOSS-like direction.
Also, the previous license was worse because it included PATENTS
The license granted hereunder will terminate, automatically and without notice, -if you (or any of your subsidiaries, corporate affiliates or agents) initiate -directly or indirectly, or take a direct financial interest in, any Patent -Assertion: (i) against Facebook or any of its subsidiaries or corporate -affiliates, (ii) against any party if such Patent Assertion arises in whole or -in part from any software, technology, product or service of Facebook or any of -its subsidiaries or corporate affiliates, or (iii) against any party relating -to the Software. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Facebook or any of its -subsidiaries or corporate affiliates files a lawsuit alleging patent -infringement against you in the first instance, and you respond by filing a -patent infringement counterclaim in that lawsuit against that party that is -unrelated to the Software, the license granted hereunder will not terminate -under section (i) of this paragraph due to such counterclaim.This is more permissive, I believe, but IANAL.
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Love seeing the MIT license. I'm not sure about strong guarantees or invalidation of agreements @dantman, but I wouldn't be too cynical about this. The actions of the past few months tend to look like it's going in a positive FOSS-like direction.
Also, the previous license was worse because it included PATENTS
The license granted hereunder will terminate, automatically and without notice, -if you (or any of your subsidiaries, corporate affiliates or agents) initiate -directly or indirectly, or take a direct financial interest in, any Patent -Assertion: (i) against Facebook or any of its subsidiaries or corporate -affiliates, (ii) against any party if such Patent Assertion arises in whole or -in part from any software, technology, product or service of Facebook or any of -its subsidiaries or corporate affiliates, or (iii) against any party relating -to the Software. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Facebook or any of its -subsidiaries or corporate affiliates files a lawsuit alleging patent -infringement against you in the first instance, and you respond by filing a -patent infringement counterclaim in that lawsuit against that party that is -unrelated to the Software, the license granted hereunder will not terminate -under section (i) of this paragraph due to such counterclaim.This is more permissive, I believe, but IANAL.
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dantmanFeb 18, 2018
ContributorYes, the MIT relicense does show good will. The unfortunate problem is blanket "MIT = good" community thinking. No one realizing that the version of the BSD license previously used is effectively the same as the MIT license, MIT is just more popular. And sure, the way the patent grant was written was bad (it used a strong retaliation clause, when it should have been a weak one) and it wasn't good to create a custom license. But getting rid of it completely instead of fixing the way the patent grant was implemented (easiest means would just be to use an Apache 2.0/GPL2+ dual-license) means we now have went from a not great patent protection clause to absolutely no patent protection whatsoever.
Unless we're sure that Facebook doesn't have any patents that apply to things in React Native, or things a Facebook employee may accidentally put in React Native from the Facebook app without realizing it's patented. Which, unless Facebook comes out and says they're sure they don't have any patents for what is in React Native, I'm not sure about. Because Facebook has been trying to patent things like touch gesture offsets and other mobile things.
Frankly if React Native was a "category X" library with BSD + Patents, it should still be kept as "category X" under MIT as long as we don't know the status of patents.
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Yes, the MIT relicense does show good will. The unfortunate problem is blanket "MIT = good" community thinking. No one realizing that the version of the BSD license previously used is effectively the same as the MIT license, MIT is just more popular. And sure, the way the patent grant was written was bad (it used a strong retaliation clause, when it should have been a weak one) and it wasn't good to create a custom license. But getting rid of it completely instead of fixing the way the patent grant was implemented (easiest means would just be to use an Apache 2.0/GPL2+ dual-license) means we now have went from a not great patent protection clause to absolutely no patent protection whatsoever.
Unless we're sure that Facebook doesn't have any patents that apply to things in React Native, or things a Facebook employee may accidentally put in React Native from the Facebook app without realizing it's patented. Which, unless Facebook comes out and says they're sure they don't have any patents for what is in React Native, I'm not sure about. Because Facebook has been trying to patent things like touch gesture offsets and other mobile things.
Frankly if React Native was a "category X" library with BSD + Patents, it should still be kept as "category X" under MIT as long as we don't know the status of patents.
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blackinitialFeb 18, 2018
great, look nice with MIT
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great, look nice with MIT
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JuanDelgadilloFeb 18, 2018
Awesome!
JuanDelgadillo repliedFeb 18, 2018
Awesome!
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azeemhFeb 19, 2018
'Frankly if React Native was a "category X" library with BSD + Patents, it should still be kept as "category X" under MIT as long as we don't know the status of patents.' I second this can we get a clear explanation I almost used this but legal counsel still recommends against it till the patent and license situation is clearly defined, for now react native seems anti innovation as it clearly does not provide a clear way to allow developers to make new things securely.
azeemh repliedFeb 19, 2018
'Frankly if React Native was a "category X" library with BSD + Patents, it should still be kept as "category X" under MIT as long as we don't know the status of patents.' I second this can we get a clear explanation I almost used this but legal counsel still recommends against it till the patent and license situation is clearly defined, for now react native seems anti innovation as it clearly does not provide a clear way to allow developers to make new things securely.
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KitangaFeb 20, 2018
Someone give her a cookie (if not, ask github to make a cookie emoji so that we can give her a cookie).
Kitanga repliedFeb 20, 2018
Someone give her a cookie (if not, ask github to make a cookie emoji so that we can give her a cookie).
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waken22Feb 20, 2018
A COOKIE🍪 !!
I guess... nice one facebook.
(atleast we have that cookie)
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A COOKIE🍪 !!
I guess... nice one facebook.
(atleast we have that cookie)
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PerspectivesLabFeb 21, 2018
well done !
PerspectivesLab repliedFeb 21, 2018
well done !
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prajapati-parthFeb 24, 2018
Bingo!!🎉
prajapati-parth repliedFeb 24, 2018
Bingo!!🎉
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thiamsantosFeb 25, 2018
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madordieMar 1, 2018
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souldesignsMar 3, 2018
Great !
souldesigns repliedMar 3, 2018
Great !
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BugZuoMar 5, 2018
Good Job!
BugZuo repliedMar 5, 2018
Good Job!
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abdulhannanaliMar 5, 2018
Great job with this facebook❤️
abdulhannanali repliedMar 5, 2018
Great job with this facebook❤️
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bxbxbaiApr 8, 2018
Nice!🎉
bxbxbai repliedApr 8, 2018
Nice!🎉
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douchuanApr 28, 2018
cool
douchuan repliedApr 28, 2018
cool
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doskeyMay 4, 2018
great.👏
doskey repliedMay 4, 2018
great.👏
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jjMaoMay 14, 2018
nice
jjMao repliedMay 14, 2018
nice