There was some misunderstanding between me and BipCoin dev. He thought I am blaming him. No, I am not. If I hurt you, I apologize, I didn't mean to. I like your radio and bipcoin and hope we will coop in future.
Yes, we are using source codes and ideas with no shame, that is how open source going to work.
Good luck with Bip
All good man.
For those who don't know, you're talking about this:
Not a huge deal, more something we joked about. The much bigger issue with XCI coin is the code causing splits, and transactions not working. I mentioned the "borrowed" text on your site from our site in passing.
But to explain,
The BipCot NoGov license
http://bipcot.org/does ask for credit where credit is due, for attribution when things are used directly. And a license is nothing if it's not "enforced." Our license has no law in enforcement, only shame. We kind of made fun of you, it was in good nature, and no harm meant. I'm far more concerned about transactions not working perfectly on your coin. I do want and hope you can fix it. I think of CryptoNote not as competition. I want it to succeed.
The BipCot license is actually two variations:
Software license:
http://bipcot.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/BipCotNoGovSoftwareLicense-v1point12.txt(covers our software)
media license (covers our website)
http://bipcot.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/BipCotNoGovMediaProductServiceLicense-v1point12-1.txtBoth have as item number 1, asking for attribution (credit)
1. Redistributions and adaptations of source code or program must retain the entirety of this license,
including retaining attribution of the license holder of the software. You didn't provide that, so we gently made fun of you by making the side-by-side comparison and discussing on this radio episode:
https://www.freedomfeens.com/?p=13399BipCot NoGov Software License (
www.bipcot.org), version 1.12 / No warranty of usability of <NAME OF PROGRAM> software.
This original computer code and resulting program was made by license holder <PROGRAMMERS / COMPANY>, <YEAR>. All rights to make fun of you reserved. <URL>.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
1. Redistributions and adaptations of source code or program must retain the entirety of this license,
including retaining attribution of the license holder of the software.2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the entirety of this license.
3. Neither the name of the license holder nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. Furthermore, no attempt will be made to impersonate the person or entity whose software is being used or modified.
4. Governments, and agents and subcontractors of same, are not permitted to use this software or derivations of this software.
5. If governments, agents and subcontractors of same use this software, or derivations of this software, all agencies and persons directly and knowingly involved may be shamed in public, by name, on the Internet, on radio, and in any media now extant or invented in the future, throughout the known universe and elsewhere, in perpetuity. Governments, agents and subcontractors of same that use this software, or derivations of this software, agree to endure this shaming, without comment or action.
6. Any person or entity that violates any part of this agreement will also be shamed as above, and agrees to endure this shaming, without comment or action.
7. The BipCot NoGov Software License adopts the first 3 clauses of the 3-Clause BSD license (Berkeley Software Distribution license) and adopts the BSD "as is" text at the end. The 3-Clause BSD license is in the Public Domain. However, there is no partnership or endorsement created or implied between the creators or users of The BipCot NoGov Software License and the creators or users of the BSD license, or vise versa.
8. This version allows for "LIBERTARIAN INDULGENCES." i.e. low-level government workers like mailmen and peaceful future Internet freedom hero contractors can use the thing that is licensed.
But cops, goons, politicians, alphabet soup agency workers, etc, and anyone who carries a gun or orders the use of guns for the gub'mnint is still forbidden.
(LICENSE HOLDER SHOULD REMOVE THIS PART, SECTION 8, TO REMOVE THIS OPTION.)
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