The quality of the product is usually not the main concern in a boycott. They make some great software, but they are a detestable company.

You don't punish a naughty dog when they get something right. You punish them for the things they do wrong. People should just grow up.

> which is now vanilla MIT with no stupid patent clauses

Except a patent clause actually gives you more protection, not less. That's why some other licenses explicitly include a patent grant, like the Apache license. I think the patent clause was a misunderstanding more than anything else. In any case, Facebook responded to what the community wanted.