Licensing issues

[char0n]

The latest version of prop-types 15.6.0 on npm contains files prop-types.js and prop-types.min.js. These files represents UMD builds. Unfortunately prop-types.js file contains segments still licensed under BSD + Patents. It can be seen for example here:

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2013-present, Facebook, Inc.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
 * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
 * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
 *
 * 
 */

function makeEmptyFunction(arg) {
  return function () {
    return arg;
  };
}

I think this happened accidentally by creating the UMD build before changing the license headers in the required files. There are totally 3 references to the BSD + Patents and it can be seen here. This may have some legal implications for people using it.

Is it possible to release a patch release fixing this UMD build files ?

Thank you very much

[aweary]

@char0n thanks for the heads up, I verified that building from master does not include the outdated BSD header. cc @sophiebits

[char0n]

@aweary is it possible to publish a new release with the fixed bundle ? We just cannot use prop-types until it contains the BSD + Patent references.

[aweary]

@char0n I think we could push a patch release. I'll ping the right people to look into this today, sorry about the delay.

[sophiebits]

@char0n You can always build it locally if you want.

[aweary]

@char0n I've published 15.6.1 and verified that prop-types.js no longer contains any BSD license headers. Thanks again for bringing this to our attention!

[char0n]

Yeah I double checked. Thank for for swift response and release.