<div dir="ltr">Paul, that's not how it works. As I wrote earlier, if *I* sue Facebook I could potentially lose my right to distribute software using React, but you would be unaffected.<div><br></div><div>Kyle</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><a href="https://secure2.convio.net/cffh/site/Donation2?df_id=1395&FR_ID=4715&PROXY_ID=2706639&PROXY_TYPE=20&1395.donation=form1&s_src=CHORUS&s_subsrc=CHAADOEB" target="_blank"><img src="http://widgets.ch-or.us/badge/convio/cff/4715/2706639"></a><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.kylehall.info" target="_blank">http://www.kylehall.info</a><br>ByWater Solutions ( <a href="http://bywatersolutions.com" target="_blank">http://bywatersolutions.com</a> )<br>Meadville Public Library ( <a href="http://www.meadvillelibrary.org" target="_blank">http://www.meadvillelibrary.org</a> )<br>Crawford County Federated Library System ( <a href="http://www.ccfls.org" target="_blank">http://www.ccfls.org</a> )<br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 8:30 AM, Paul A <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul.a@navalmarinearchive.com" target="_blank">paul.a@navalmarinearchive.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">At 02:14 PM 9/21/2016 +0200, Mirko Tietgen wrote:<br>
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David Cook schrieb am 21.09.2016<br></span>
> The updated licence isn’t without controversy:<span class=""><br>
> <<a href="https://discuss.reactjs.org/t/legal-department-did-not-allow-use-of-react/3309/4" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://discuss.reactjs.org/t<wbr>/legal-department-did-not-allo<wbr>w-use-of-react/3309/4</a>><br>
> <a href="https://discuss.reactjs.org/t/legal-department-did-not-allow-use-of-react/3309/4" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://discuss.reactjs.org/t/<wbr>legal-department-did-not-allow<wbr>-use-of-react/3309/4</a><br>
><br>
> That said, I think the issue is that Facebook could revoke your<br>
> licence to use React if you take legal action against Facebook. I<br></span>
> don’t imagine the Koha community is going to do that, so it’s<span class=""><br>
> probably not a blocker.<br>
<br>
If you are right and that is the issue, does that mean Koha would<br>
not be Free Software anymore unless everything React is reverted?<br>
<br>
That sounds like something I would not just push away with "i don't<br>
imagine that happening", it sounds scary and not a way I want to go.<br>
<br>
I don't see how a license that can be revoked for whatever reasons<br>
could work for us.<br>
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Agreed. But IANAL. However ISTR that are recent thread suggested "tens of thousands" of potential libraries|users worldwide (based on downloads?) so Murphy|Sod's Law will kick in sooner or later...<br>
<br>
Best -- P.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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