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by gcp 3539 days ago
though not as restrictive

This is critical though. Nobody is complaining about the Google (which is also used by Microsoft and Mozilla) retaliation clauses.

i think people do not realize how often google is getting sued for patent infringement.

Fair enough. If Facebook wants to make a public commitment to not use First Strike, the patent license would be acceptable. They have not, so it isn't.