From b1c4760d104238d02d7391ea0ca2cc9d2775abc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Paul=20O=E2=80=99Shannessy?= Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 12:15:32 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update Patent Grant https://code.facebook.com/posts/1639473982937255/updating-our-open-source-patent-grant/ --- PATENTS | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/PATENTS b/PATENTS index 4c56285..b31afa6 100644 --- a/PATENTS +++ b/PATENTS @@ -1,23 +1,33 @@ -Additional Grant of Patent Rights +Additional Grant of Patent Rights Version 2 "Software" means the express-react-views software distributed by Facebook, Inc. -Facebook hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, -irrevocable (subject to the termination provision below) license under any -rights in any patent claims owned by Facebook, to make, have made, use, sell, -offer to sell, import, and otherwise transfer the Software. For avoidance of -doubt, no license is granted under Facebook’s rights in any patent claims that -are infringed by (i) modifications to the Software made by you or a third party, -or (ii) the Software in combination with any software or other technology -provided by you or a third party. +Facebook, Inc. ("Facebook") hereby grants to each recipient of the Software +("you") a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable +(subject to the termination provision below) license under any Necessary +Claims, to make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, import, and otherwise +transfer the Software. For avoidance of doubt, no license is granted under +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, -for anyone that makes any claim (including by filing any lawsuit, assertion or -other action) alleging (a) direct, indirect, or contributory infringement or -inducement to infringe any patent: (i) by Facebook or any of its subsidiaries or -affiliates, whether or not such claim is related to the Software, (ii) by any -party if such claim arises in whole or in part from any software, product or -service of Facebook or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, whether or not -such claim is related to the Software, or (iii) by any party relating to the -Software; or (b) that any right in any patent claim of Facebook is invalid or -unenforceable. +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. + +A "Patent Assertion" is any lawsuit or other action alleging direct, indirect, +or contributory infringement or inducement to infringe any patent, including a +cross-claim or counterclaim.