Open Source License FAQ – Facebook Code

But why is it adding their patent grant which only protects facebook to non facebook projects like atom? Should every company add their own company patent grant? Why not simply add a general patent grant that protects all users and companies?

Facebook only cares about facebook in the license. We can't say that facebook is doing it for the benefit of the project itself. The more projects that have the license the more protected facebook is while everyone else is left out.

If we were to believe that it is an altruistic endeavor that will result into a "world without patents" then in fact it would be a world without patents... but only for facebook.

I have nothing against patent grants with the condition of not suing for patent infringement but they shouldn't only apply to one specific company. The apache software license and many others have already solved this problem. There is no need for a facebook only solution.

My issue is with people pretending that facebook is doing everything right when they are doing everything wrong.