"Bitcoin which was forged in open source and plunked into the public domain"
Correction, bitcoin is available under the MIT license. It is not public domain.
Topic: The Fraud of Intellectual Property -- Patents (Read 857 times)
Correction, bitcoin is available under the MIT license. It is not public domain.
An attractive aspect of the bitcoin community is its focus on open source and anti-IP. It seems to me to be shifting toward patents and trademarks. https://news.bitcoin.com/the-fraud-of-intellectual-property/
"The Fraud of Intellectual Property." https://news.bitcoin.com/the-fraud-of-intellectual-property
Excerpt: Copyright. Patent. Trademark. None of these concepts apply comfortably to Bitcoin which was forged in open source and plunked into the public domain to function as a collaborative venture. Intellectual property (IP) itself seems antiquated in the Internet Age with gluts of free data just a Bittorrent away. But IP is an active issue within the crypto-community, especially regarding customized blockchains in which there is tremendous potential for profit.
"The Fraud of Intellectual Property." https://news.bitcoin.com/the-fraud-of-intellectual-property
Excerpt: Copyright. Patent. Trademark. None of these concepts apply comfortably to Bitcoin which was forged in open source and plunked into the public domain to function as a collaborative venture. Intellectual property (IP) itself seems antiquated in the Internet Age with gluts of free data just a Bittorrent away. But IP is an active issue within the crypto-community, especially regarding customized blockchains in which there is tremendous potential for profit.
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