Update Patent Grant · facebook/react@b8ba8c8

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Additional Grant of Patent Rights

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Additional Grant of Patent Rights Version 2

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"Software" means the React software distributed by Facebook, Inc.

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Facebook hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive,

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irrevocable (subject to the termination provision below) license under any

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rights in any patent claims owned by Facebook, to make, have made, use, sell,

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offer to sell, import, and otherwise transfer the Software. For avoidance of

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doubt, no license is granted under Facebook’s rights in any patent claims that

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are infringed by (i) modifications to the Software made by you or a third party,

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or (ii) the Software in combination with any software or other technology

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provided by you or a third party.

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Facebook, Inc. ("Facebook") hereby grants to each recipient of the Software

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("you") a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable

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(subject to the termination provision below) license under any Necessary

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Claims, to make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, import, and otherwise

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transfer the Software. For avoidance of doubt, no license is granted under

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Facebook's rights in any patent claims that are infringed by (i) modifications

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to the Software made by you or any third party or (ii) the Software in

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combination with any software or other technology.

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The license granted hereunder will terminate, automatically and without notice,

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for anyone that makes any claim (including by filing any lawsuit, assertion or

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other action) alleging (a) direct, indirect, or contributory infringement or

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inducement to infringe any patent: (i) by Facebook or any of its subsidiaries or

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affiliates, whether or not such claim is related to the Software, (ii) by any

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party if such claim arises in whole or in part from any software, product or

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service of Facebook or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, whether or not

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such claim is related to the Software, or (iii) by any party relating to the

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Software; or (b) that any right in any patent claim of Facebook is invalid or

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unenforceable.

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if you (or any of your subsidiaries, corporate affiliates or agents) initiate

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directly or indirectly, or take a direct financial interest in, any Patent

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Assertion: (i) against Facebook or any of its subsidiaries or corporate

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affiliates, (ii) against any party if such Patent Assertion arises in whole or

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in part from any software, technology, product or service of Facebook or any of

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its subsidiaries or corporate affiliates, or (iii) against any party relating

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to the Software. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Facebook or any of its

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subsidiaries or corporate affiliates files a lawsuit alleging patent

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infringement against you in the first instance, and you respond by filing a

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patent infringement counterclaim in that lawsuit against that party that is

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unrelated to the Software, the license granted hereunder will not terminate

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under section (i) of this paragraph due to such counterclaim.

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A "Necessary Claim" is a claim of a patent owned by Facebook that is

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necessarily infringed by the Software standing alone.

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A "Patent Assertion" is any lawsuit or other action alleging direct, indirect,

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or contributory infringement or inducement to infringe any patent, including a

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cross-claim or counterclaim.