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docs/_posts/2014-10-28-react-v0.12.md
51:You can read the full text of the [LICENSE](https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/LICENSE) and [`PATENTS`](https://github.com/facebook/react/blob/master/PATENTS) files on GitHub.

docs/_posts/2015-04-17-react-native-v0.4.md
20:* **Patent Grant**: Many of you had concerns and questions around the PATENTS file. We pushed [a new version of the grant](https://code.facebook.com/posts/1639473982937255/updating-our-open-source-patent-grant/).

src/__mocks__/vendor/third_party/WebComponents.js
8: * subject to an additional IP rights grant found at http://polymer.github.io/PATENTS.txt
```
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42 changes: 16 additions & 26 deletions LICENSE
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BSD License

For React software
MIT License

Copyright (c) 2013-present, Facebook, Inc.
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

* Neither the name Facebook nor the names of its contributors may be used to
endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific
prior written permission.
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
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### License

React is [BSD licensed](./LICENSE). We also provide an additional [patent grant](./PATENTS).
React is [MIT licensed](./LICENSE).

React documentation is [Creative Commons licensed](./LICENSE-docs).

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### License

By contributing to React, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under its BSD license.
By contributing to React, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under its MIT license.

### What Next?

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"description": "Lightweight bindings to Linux perf event counters.",
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"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
},
"author": "Paul O'Shannessy <[email protected]>",
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"license": "MIT"
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"name": "react-haste",
"version": "16.0.0-alpha",
"license": "BSD-3-Clause"
"license": "MIT"
}

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it's not too late to do this change!

So, I can freely use it again!

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what a historical commit!

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@blling blling commented on b765fb2 Sep 28, 2017

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Maybe someday FB will give a historical rollback ~~
I also like react, thank FB :).

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@thatrobotdev thatrobotdev commented on b765fb2 Sep 28, 2017

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Party Time! Who's ready to learn some react? πŸ‘

Thanks @sophiebits!

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Niceee!

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Yay ?

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This is beautiful!

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Amazing

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Allahu akbar! Or something similar.

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Now, I'll start learning React ;) #MITLover

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@bnbon bnbon commented on b765fb2 Oct 1, 2017

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The most important React commit ever. Kudos.

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@gaearon gaearon commented on b765fb2 Oct 1, 2017

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Uhh.. what? Are you really seeing a conspiracy here? Sigh.

React has been relicensed as MIT and it has been broadly announced:

https://code.facebook.com/posts/300798627056246/relicensing-react-jest-flow-and-immutable-js/

This is not a sneaky way to fool somebody, it’s the actual license change. How could it even make sense to change the license file if the license wasn’t changing?

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Great decision, thanks Facebook! Please consider doing this for React Native too :)

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What about react-native?

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Most software companies prohibit their mobile app developers from using React-native because of its current licensing (i.e. BSD 3-clause + Additional Grant of Patent Rights)! Is there any plan to change it to MIT as well? For now, they resort to using Angular.

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Indeed historical. I am seeing huge drop in developer attention towards Angular considering fast fail changes. Probably React would tread cautiously with non breaking changes. All hail MIT !!

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@aamsur aamsur commented on b765fb2 Oct 4, 2018

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Great changes ! Very appreciate it !!

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Thanks Team πŸ’™

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