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Turns out that forking a somewhat recent version of React that uses Apache is possible while still retaining any relevant patents (esp pending vdom patents) and API compatibility.

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0.11 is three years old, though. Not really recent.

Most of the APIs are the same which is what really counts. Other frameworks like Inferno already have way better performance using methods not tied to Facebook. But adding those to an actual React fork keeps the patent grant in a way that switching to a greenfield codebase might not.

https://github.com/kevinflo/react-open at least to play around with for my own purposes. I forget what the state of things even was back in .11

You should probably steer clear of trademark infringement too. I was thinking something like free-dom myself.

Good point. Just switched it to rdom-open (first thing that popped in my head lol)

How about eact?

That's probably the most American-sounding package name I've ever heard

Wow! that's an amazing library name? Would you mind if I ..er.. borrow it? (JK) :D

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