React (software): Difference between revisions

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Based on community feedback, Facebook updated the patent grant in April 2015 to be less ambiguous and more permissive.<ref>{{cite web|title=Updating Our Open Source Patent Grant|url=https://code.facebook.com/posts/1639473982937255/updating-our-open-source-patent-grant/}}</ref>

This second version of the patent grant remains controversial, making use of the library unacceptable for some developers. This is because the document continues to allow Facebook to revoke the right to use the library under Facebook patents in the event that the licensee brings a patent lawsuit against Facebook. <ref>{{cite web|title=Legal Department Did not Allow Use of React|url=https://discuss.reactjs.org/t/legal-department-did-not-allow-use-of-react/3309}}</ref>

==References==