On: Facebook React.js License

[EdwardMSmith]

But utterly dwarfed by the cost of an offensive patent infringement lawsuit against a $300+ Billion company.

[limelight → EdwardMSmith]

Exactly. If you're actually in a legal dispute with Facebook, the cost of rewriting your frontend to not use React is minimal.

It's not like React is a massive library with a huge surface area. Even a fairly complex application could be migrated to an alternative like Vue.js if the need arose.

[bdcravens → limelight]

> the cost of rewriting your frontend to not use React is minimal

Or a non-issue if you choose a framework that you feel has safer licensing.