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Of course they release this late on a Friday so it is does not get much reach. Facebook is very very evil - in every part of the company. Copying other's ideas (Snapchat) yet trying to stop other companies from copying them (this licensing).

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I don't see it as "released". It's just the closing of a Github issue, not a press release.

Do you feel that if a company is "evil", do you feel there's a moral imperative to not use their products? It seems to me there's a lot of "But React!" going on.

It's an interesting question. I actually do feel that way, and this was a significant factor in choosing to use Vue.js for my next project over both React & Angular.

I'm on the fence about the license, but I totally believe your technology choices should reflect your convictions. Obviously there's a lot of attitudes of entitlement in our industry where it's easier to make a Github comment or a tweet than to take a stand.

They put out a facebook post at about the same time that is something like a press release though.

The post linked is from 4 hours ago. So yes it's a late Friday statement.

https://code.facebook.com/posts/112130496157735/explaining-r...

I think the linked URL has changed - before I thought it was to the Github issue.

They're not stopping anyone from copying them. In fact, they're saying please, use our code and use our patents...just don't sue us! How hard is that to understand?

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