From: Milly Bitcoin <milly@bitcoins•info>
To: bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Open Block Chain Licence, BIP[xxxx] Draft
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 17:36:36 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <55E61A64.2030609@bitcoins.info> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADr=VrQ42Gqv7fUFVpaburw0=08SNXb0TUCBWd3arREbpdfCkA@mail.gmail.com>
> We considered whether data existing before a licence change would be
> covered, but we hadn't factored the potential need for gaining
> permissions for a change to be considered effective.
>
> We have proposed that miners be the main beneficiaries of licensing and
> there is a consideration on whether they should vote to adopt the new
> terms. While not the preferred route, that would overcome any issues to
> what is an otherwise honest 'error and omission.' There doesn't seem to
> be anyone who could claim to have suffered any economic losses so this
> may not be an issue. It merits further investigation.
Like I said, you need to talk to a lawyer. What exactly would be the
purpose of any license? How can someone be a "beneficiary" to a license
when you can't even explain who holds the license to begin with? How do
they "benefit?" I don't see any purpose to putting a license on the
Core software or the blockchain because nobody can explain who actually
holds the license and there is no mechanism to enforce any license and
there is no revenue to be shared. The whole discussion makes no sense.
Russ
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-09-01 21:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-01 13:30 Ahmed Zsales
2015-09-01 13:43 ` Milly Bitcoin
2015-09-01 13:50 ` Bryan Bishop
2015-09-01 15:11 ` Ahmed Zsales
2015-09-01 16:05 ` Natanael
2015-09-01 17:39 ` Luke Dashjr
2015-09-01 18:12 ` Btc Drak
2015-09-01 19:36 ` Ahmed Zsales
2015-09-01 21:36 ` Milly Bitcoin [this message]
2015-09-01 22:02 ` Ahmed Zsales
2015-09-01 22:42 ` Milly Bitcoin
2015-09-01 23:21 ` Ahmed Zsales
2015-09-01 23:40 ` Milly Bitcoin
2015-09-01 22:02 ` Btc Drak
2015-09-01 22:11 ` Ahmed Zsales
2015-09-01 22:47 ` Btc Drak
2015-09-01 22:20 ` Natanael
2015-09-01 22:28 ` Ahmed Zsales
2015-09-01 21:51 ` Wladimir J. van der Laan
2015-09-01 23:39 ` hurricanewarn1
2015-09-02 8:56 ` Warren Togami Jr.
2015-09-02 20:28 ` Ahmed Zsales
2015-09-02 20:58 ` Milly Bitcoin
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