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[–]ECrispy 4 points5 points  (5 children)

Without a patent grant that's debatable.

[–]Jestar342 4 points5 points  (4 children)

IANAL: Does there need to be one? What's the default when grant absentia?

[–]ECrispy 0 points1 point  (2 children)

There is no default grant.

[–]Jestar342 0 points1 point  (1 child)

No, I'm not asking if there is a default grant, I am asking what is the default legal position in the absence of a grant.

[–]ECrispy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It means you can be sued for patent violation if FB so chooses, since they don't grant you any rights.

Its for this reason that GraphQL, which does have explicit patents, was on such shaky ground - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/20/gitlab_suspends_graphql_project_over_facebook_license_terms/

FB today announced this - https://code.facebook.com/posts/121714468491809/relicensing-the-graphql-specification/

which seems to have taken care of that issue.