React Native and Yoga Both Given MIT Licence by Facebook

Post by bsimpson » Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 7:22 AM UTC

dikaiosune wrote: post #47

DannyBee wrote: post #20

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1. Actually, pretty much any serious patent licensing lawyer believes there is a grant (either explicit or implicit), because there is tons and tons and tons of caselaw on implicit patent grants (and the related principles of exhaustion), and while they don't include the word "software", the circumstances are otherwise identical. The others are mostly unable to admit it due to their client lists. The number of lawyer…

Since it wasnt clear from my post above, I buy all of this. But since IANAL, and I couldn't easily find a credible patent lawyer who has written publicly about this, I think it's reasonable to be measured in the claims I made. That said, you're obviously personally more familiar with the situation and having seen you around here before I'd give some weight to what you're saying. It's still a shame that it's difficult…

Post by qaq » Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 7:34 AM UTC

irrational wrote: post #41

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> Its probably too late though and people are moving off of it to the next javascript framework. But is there a viable alternative with the same level of features and ecosystem momentum? GraphQL and React Native, in particular, seem well positioned to dominate their respective niches. That gives React a big advantage, which might counteract the licensing issues, no?

>But is there a viable alternative with the same level of features and ecosystem momentum? Does it matter? At some point something else will come along and React will go the way of jQuery. And then something else will come along and supplant whatever supplanted React.

Post by rawrmaan » Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 7:47 AM UTC

zebraflask wrote: post #35

I'm not surprised, React Native doesn't work nearly as well as you'd think. This is basically a piece of software you'd have to give away (IMHO).

Post by CodeWriter23 » Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 8:13 AM UTC

rawrmaan wrote: post #55

zebraflask wrote: post #35

I'm not surprised, React Native doesn't work nearly as well as you'd think. This is basically a piece of software you'd have to give away (IMHO).

Exact opposite experience. After being a mobile dev for 8+ years and making all of my most recent apps in RN, including a rewrite of one that was many years old, you're wasting your time if you still write native code instead of RN. It's just better in every single way and is an incredibly impressive, stable piece of technology.

Post by zebraflask » Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 9:07 AM UTC

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zebraflask wrote: post #54

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An audio engine in C++?

Yep - C++ is generally used for audio programming because you can write code that is real time safe for use on the audio thread (low latencies mean you might have 5ms to fill a buffer with fairly intense calculations required for a modern synth, so any waiting for locks, memory allocation, GC pauses etc. can be disastrous and lead to audible glitches). On top of that there’s a huge amount of code and libraries for au…