The MIT license doesn't change anything in this case, because the MIT license doesn't have a patent grant.
This GraphQL situation is different and, arguably, somewhat worse than the ReactJS BSD+Patent license issue.
The problem here is the GraphQL specification doesn't have a patent grant (unlike ReactJS, which does, but people don't like the terms of the grant). And Facebook have filed a patent for GraphQL (https://www.google.com/patents/US9646028) that has some quite broad language.
Due to the patent, and the lack of a patent grant, most GraphQL users likely infringe on Facebook's patents.
This GraphQL situation is different and, arguably, somewhat worse than the ReactJS BSD+Patent license issue.
The problem here is the GraphQL specification doesn't have a patent grant (unlike ReactJS, which does, but people don't like the terms of the grant). And Facebook have filed a patent for GraphQL (https://www.google.com/patents/US9646028) that has some quite broad language.
Due to the patent, and the lack of a patent grant, most GraphQL users likely infringe on Facebook's patents.
Please read: https://medium.com/@dwalsh.sdlr/using-graphql-why-facebook-n...