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Can anyone point me to a single instance where anything bad has actually happened because of Facebook's patent clause in one of their open source libraries?


It's a ticking bomb. You don't control what Facebook do or won't do and it's enough for lawyers to freak out.

You can't know what would happen if Zuckerberg is replaced (accidents happen) and corporate water-heads take over Facebook.


So that's a no then?


Point me to a thing in the past that guarantees that North Korea won't use its nuclear weapons in the future.


Did you read the article? This issue has nothing to do with the patent clause in their libraries. This is a problem with the GraphQL spec being patented. Since there is no grant of GraphQL itself, any library implementing it on the server side that isn't written by Facebook and conveying that grant, is infringing.


When in doubt always remember about Oracle vs Google (Java/Android).


Can anyone point me to a single instance where North Korea has used a nuclear weapon in combat? No? Why are we worried then...




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