Ask HN: What are the legal downsides of using ReactJS
Facebook recently came up with a new license.
My understanding is that you're only at jeopardy of losing your license to React if you sue facebook over patent infringement. AKA, facebook implements a feature that you feel infringes on a patent you hold, and you actively sue facebook, then you lose your license.
The overly broad terms are the main problem. I have read across and found it difficult to interpret the clauses.
We thought of migrating to Preact[1] and were advised the following :
what most people don't realize is that at least react contains a patent grant for
react related patents for you. Preact comes with no such guarantees and most likely
infringes a lot of those same patents -- without you having any kind of promise that
facebook won't sue you.
You're more likely to get sued for patents if you use preact (or inferno etc).
[1] - https://preactjs.com/