--- title: Meta gave React its own foundation. But it’s not letting... description: Meta has formalized the transfer of React into the newly formed React Foundation under the Linux Foundation, but the transition is far from a clean break. Meta... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-gave-react-its-own-foundation-but-it-s-not-letting-go-just-yet--lnfu1fy7k twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Meta gave React its own foundation. But it’s not letting go just yet. | daily.dev og:description: Meta has formalized the transfer of React into the newly formed React Foundation under the Linux Foundation, but the transition is far from a clean break. Meta... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-gave-react-its-own-foundation-but-it-s-not-letting-go-just-yet--lnfu1fy7k og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/LnfU1fy7k.png og:image:alt: Meta gave React its own foundation. But it’s not letting go just yet. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Meta gave React its own foundation. But it’s not letting go just yet. **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Meta has formalized the transfer of React into the newly formed React Foundation under the Linux Foundation, but the transition is far from a clean break. Meta retains a supermajority on the foundation's corporate governance committee for the first two-and-a-half years, and the executive director is still a Meta employee. Members include Amazon, Microsoft, Huawei, Vercel, and others. Unlike Node.js, which forked before finding neutral governance, React's move is described as preventive rather than reactive. Experts note that true independence depends less on board composition and more on who employs the core maintainers — currently still mostly Meta. The Kubernetes precedent shows that contributor diversification can take years after joining a foundation, and React's community should watch for the same trajectory. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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