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Facebook only grants you patent license related to React, but you have to pay with every patent license your company have.

It's like saying Facebook can use all Google's patent, from search engines, Androids, Google car, etc. All because Google use React in a single presentation page.

It's even more viral than GPL. At least with GPL, your code only becomes infected with GPL in derived works. But Facebook has all access to even your unrelated patents.



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