WordPress to ditch React library over Facebook patent clause risk

Mullenweg said his concerns have not been assuaged. And he writes that he cannot, in good conscience, require users of the very widely used open source WordPress software to inherit the patent clause and associated legal risk. So he’s made the decision to ditch React.

Companies, especially those with large patent portfolios, may well have concerns if they are using open source software which incorporates Facebook’s React framework — even if Automattic feels comfortable on its own account.

Some of the fiercest critics of the patent clause have dubbed React a “‘Trojan horse’ into the open source community”.