Frankly, if it's the same license as React (BSD + PATENTS), I'm not interested.
Edit: Here come the facebook fanboys with the downvotes.
> don't post off topic
Users of HN, please note "we" is Facebook and Facebook, or a representative of Facebook, is telling us what we can and can't discuss here.
This is why I quit posting here and use /r/hackernews on Reddit for my links. However, I occasionally make an appearance when I see patterns emerge, such as control where we didn't assume control existed.
Why do you decide what we discuss? Since you squashed my comment about licensing, another one popped up. It means people do think licensing is important to discuss.
I believe Facebook was built, in part, using software under MIT, BSD, Apache, etc – I see it as immoral when they turn around and release OSS software under BSD + PATENTS.
BSD + PATENTS sounds like a great idea in theory – if every company released under BSD + PATENTS it would essentially render the patent system toothless, except for the patent trolls who would still be free to sue whomever they want. In practice, however, it would be hard for BSD + PATENTS to have widespread adoption because it would be seen as a loss of value to shareholders, especially as for some companies their patent portfolio is an important part of their valuation.
IANAL.
> Having known so many people involved with Facebook for so long, I have come up with a phrase to describe the cultural phenomenon I’ve witnessed among them – ladder kicking. Basically, people who get a leg up from others, and then do everything in their power to ensure nobody else manages to get there. No, it’s not “human nature” or “how it works.” Silicon Valley and the tech industry at large weren’t built by these sorts of people, and we need to be more active in preventing this mind-virus from spreading.
Are we really allowing them to do this for the sake of convenience?
Atop that, I'm just getting really tired of seeing the patent issue trotted out any and every time facebook or react are mentioned here.