Is there already sufficient skepticism? Is that good...bad for open source?
I don't think so, Facebook has always been hostile when it comes to sharing, so I think their attitude toward open-source is just a symptom of them fundamentally not understanding it. Sure, they've benefitted from open-source and built their business on it, but pretty much all code they release comes with the same problematic License + Patent grant combination that React does.
This is just Facebook being Facebook…
Todd
Software Security TechLead
I've always thought this corporation-backed open source crap was a terrible idea.
I know I know, a lot of people disagree with this. But my reasoning is simple: Conflict of interest. At the end of the day, the corporation has to protect its own interests and also make money. When I think of an open-source project, I think of open-source first. A corporation cannot think that way.
Richard Stallman has talked about this over and over. He also has very distinct views and is very opinionated, but in many senses, he is right. "Open Source" seems to be getting abused by corporations more and more and used to market and create dependencies on them. Not for me.
Screeeeech, throw on the breaks... Before I get flamed for saying open-source software is bad and that it's bad that Microsoft and Facebook back it... I'm not saying that; I'm happy that Microsoft has backed OS projects and even open-sourced much of their code. However, what I said above still stands on the moral of the story deep down.