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React licensing #2298
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Facebook are currently considering re-licensing React (and many others) Also see discussions on make/core https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/javascript/ |
grantpalin
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Aug 19, 2017
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Looks like Facebook are not budging - https://code.facebook.com/posts/112130496157735/explaining-react-s-license/ |
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enjikaka commentedAug 8, 2017
I searched through the issues and there seems to be none on the topic that React is not truly open source, and how this might very well become a problem for every one using WordPress if Gutenberg is merged into the main product.
Here's some links for reference.
VMware disallowed usage of it after their legal department looked at the licence:
https://discuss.reactjs.org/t/legal-department-did-not-allow-use-of-react/3309/5
Another lawyer evaluating the licence:
https://www.elcaminolegal.com/single-post/2016/10/04/Facebook-Reactjs-License
Apache recently banning use of React due to this licence:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/17/apache_says_no_to_facebook_code_libraries/