Outraged programmers forced a rare concession from Facebook on its open-source software

"“My my personal view is that a lot of the negative reaction was a little bit overblown,” said Daniel Nazer, an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation who focuses on patent reform. “I can certainly see the good arguments for why people would prefer it not to be there,” he said, “but I didn’t see it as outrageous.”"

• Date Published:09/28/2017
• Original Publication:Quartz