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JoshMnem on Aug 19, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Explaining React's license

If that were Facebook's goal, why wouldn't they just team up with a few other large companies and lobby for abolishing software patents in the US?

sanxiyn on Aug 19, 2017 [–]

I actually think this is Facebook's goal. As for your question, I think they aren't trying to abolish software patents in the US because they judge (IMO correctly) that it is unlikely to succeed.

JoshMnem on Aug 19, 2017 | [–]

That seems highly unlikely, considering the way Facebook operates.

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