{"id":3294,"date":"2017-08-24T16:44:39","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T14:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=3294"},"modified":"2017-08-24T16:44:39","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T14:44:39","slug":"explaining-reacts-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2017\/08\/24\/explaining-reacts-license\/","title":{"rendered":"Explaining React’s license"},"content":{"rendered":"

We clarify the BSD + Patents license.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m eager to read more knowledgeful reactions to this article: Explaining React’s license | Engineering Blog | Facebook Code<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We clarify the BSD + Patents license. I’m eager to read more knowledgeful reactions to this article: Explaining React’s license | Engineering Blog | Facebook Code<\/p>\n

Read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[138,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-patents","category-software-libero"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6daft-R8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2070,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2017\/01\/11\/your-license-to-use-react-js-can-be-revoked-if-you-compete-with-facebook\/","url_meta":{"origin":3294,"position":0},"title":"Your license to use React.js can be revoked if you compete with Facebook","author":"Paolo Redaelli","date":"2017-01-11","format":"link","excerpt":"http:\/\/react-etc.net\/entry\/your-license-to-use-react-js-can-be-revoked-if-you-compete-with-facebook Oh... 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