Re: [Koha-devel] To React or not to React
At 08:34 AM 9/21/2016 -0600, Kyle Hall wrote:
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.
Kyle -- not wanting to flog a dead horse (and as I wrote IANAL), but Koha is a prime example of open-source and has a track record of ensuring it remains so. Philosophically I like that. Practically, I run a charity (our members are the equity owners and I have no clue as to their love/hate relationship with Facebook) and would not want to take risks, nor have the budget to get a "legal opinion" (due diligence, and all that...) Best -- Paul
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On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 8:30 AM, Paul A <<mailto:paul.a@navalmarinearchive.com>paul.a@navalmarinearchive.com> wrote: At 02:14 PM 9/21/2016 +0200, Mirko Tietgen wrote: David Cook schrieb am 21.09.2016
The updated licence isnât without controversy:
https://discuss.reactjs.org/t/legal-department-did-not-allow-use-of-react/33...
That said, I think the issue is that Facebook could revoke your licence to use React if you take legal action against Facebook. I donât imagine the Koha community is going to do do that, so itâs
probably not a blocker.
If you are right and that is the issue, does that mean Koha would not be Free Software anymore unless everything React is reverted?
That sounds like something I would not just push away with "i don't imagine that happening", it sounds scary and not a way I want to go.
I don't see how a license that can be revoked for whatever reasons could work for us.
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...
Best -- P.
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