From: Peter Todd <pete@petertodd•org>
To: Sergio Demian Lerner <sergio.d.lerner@gmail•com>
Cc: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Drivechain proposal using OP_COUNT_ACKS
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2016 13:34:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161002173425.GA18724@fedora-21-dvm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKzdR-onnOLNu2Lqw7+8nuUCpQ9_cH7-MdkA-Pv-Yhr_upEC0A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Oct 02, 2016 at 02:26:18PM -0300, Sergio Demian Lerner wrote:
> I'm not a lawyer, and my knowledge on patents is limited. I guess RSK WILL
> endorse DPL or will make the required actions to make sure the things
> developed by RSK remain free and open. This was not a priority until now,
> but coding was. For me, coding always is the priority.
>
> I will discuss prioritizing this with the team. Remember it took several
> years to BlockStream to decide for DPL and not just publish everything as
> they were doing. I suppose the decision it was not a simple one, involving
> lawyers advise and all. I guess DPL needs to actually patent the things in
> order to open them later, and patenting has a very high cost.
>
> Give us time to decide which open source strategy is the best and cheaper
> for RSK. At this point I can assert that RSK has not filed any patent not
> is planing to. This proposal is not encumbered by any patents, and
> drivechains is actually not RSK's idea, but Paul Sztorc's.
Thanks, please let us all know when this is done so we can continue our
collaborations constructively.
I'll likewise prioritise my own adoption of the DPL and will announce it on
this mailing list.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-10-02 17:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-10-02 15:49 Sergio Demian Lerner
2016-10-02 16:17 ` Peter Todd
2016-10-02 17:00 ` Sergio Demian Lerner
2016-10-02 17:11 ` Peter Todd
2016-10-02 17:18 ` Andrew Johnson
2016-10-02 17:24 ` Peter Todd
2016-10-02 21:28 ` Luke Dashjr
2016-10-02 21:46 ` Russell O'Connor
2016-10-02 22:36 ` Sergio Demian Lerner
[not found] ` <CAMZUoKnE9VNnUHrDTtZOroBp=SC_eY1fEAsEOz=4b1=5v_wHaA@mail.gmail.com>
2016-10-02 23:00 ` [bitcoin-dev] Fwd: " Russell O'Connor
[not found] ` <CAKzdR-oxpDdXEcPTYtj6os58cVMgwoqyXvu5UMMQzD3QbvMtxA@mail.gmail.com>
2016-10-02 23:26 ` [bitcoin-dev] " Russell O'Connor
2016-10-02 21:54 ` Russell O'Connor
2016-10-02 17:26 ` Sergio Demian Lerner
2016-10-02 17:34 ` Peter Todd [this message]
2016-10-02 18:17 ` Russell O'Connor
2016-10-24 17:37 ` Johnson Lau
2016-10-25 16:38 ` Sergio Demian Lerner
2016-10-25 17:45 ` Johnson Lau
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