On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 3:12 PM, zbraniecki--- via governance < governance@lists.mozilla.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 12:54:55 PM UTC-7, Ehsan Akhgari wrote: > > > > Should we be worried about bundling our software with software that > uses this license? > > Is the worry that Mozilla not be able to file a patent legal case > > against Facebook? > > As far as I know Mozilla doesn't hold software patents. But I'm wondering > about the impact of this on the value of Firefox as OSS. > > Would it, for example, possible for some company not to be able to fork > Firefox, or use it in some system because it comes with React bundled. > They would need to follow the licenses of all software they use so if it has restrictions then look to the license for those restrictions. > > In a separate, but related, manner - what does it mean for OSS that we > release our software bundled with React? Does it mean that we play into the > strategy set by Facebook? How does this affect the value of Test Pilot > extension or DevTools as our contribution to the pool of OSS, if it comes > with the license in question? > > How does the license of React source code affect license of Firefox source > code? Does it mean that by default, when you embed Firefox (or fork), > you're perpetuating the React license? > > I have to admit that I expected that us using React meant that React was > covered by the same license as our codebase is, but I'm no expert in this. > Just got curious and a bit surprised with limited amount of communication > about the impact of that on us in public. > > zb. > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > governance@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > -- Benjamin Kerensa _______________________________________________ governance mailing list governance@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
