<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Yes, I've done as thorough a review on the issue as I've been able to. Basically, Koha is never in any danger. But if say, *I* sued Facebook, I could possibly lose my patent grants and wouldn't be able to distribute software that uses React. Everyone else would continue on using Koha as usual. Many very large companies with cadres of lawyers are using React, so I don't think it is anything to worry too hard about.</div><div><br></div><div>Kyle</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 6:11 PM, David Cook <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dcook@prosentient.com.au" target="_blank">dcook@prosentient.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_2432375844357976727__MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The updated licence isn’t without controversy: </span></a><a href="https://discuss.reactjs.org/t/legal-department-did-not-allow-use-of-react/3309/4" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://discuss.reactjs.org/t/<wbr>legal-department-did-not-<wbr>allow-use-of-react/3309/4</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">That said, I think the issue is that Facebook could revoke your licence to use React if you take legal action against Facebook. I don’t imagine the Koha community is going to do that, so it’s probably not a blocker.<u></u><u></u></span></p><span class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">David Cook<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Systems Librarian<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Prosentient Systems<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">72/330 Wattle St<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ultimo, NSW 2007<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Australia<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Office: 02 9212 0899<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Direct: 02 8005 0595<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></span><div style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <a href="mailto:koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha-community.org" target="_blank">koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha-<wbr>community.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha-community.org" target="_blank">koha-devel-bounces@<wbr>lists.koha-community.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kyle Hall<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 20 September 2016 3:24 PM<br><b>To:</b> Marc Véron <<a href="mailto:veron@veron.ch" target="_blank">veron@veron.ch</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Koha Devel <<a href="mailto:koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org" target="_blank">koha-devel@lists.koha-<wbr>community.org</a>><span class=""><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Koha-devel] To React or not to React<u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I did much research on that particular issue and it was put to rest when Facebook updated it's license for React. It looks like the Wikipedia page only has the vaguest reference to that ; )<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div class="h5"><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><p>Regarding licensing:<u></u><u></u></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/React_(JavaScript_library)" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>React_(JavaScript_library)</a><u></u><u></u></p><p>See part "Patents clause controversy"<u></u><u></u></p></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>