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Author Topic: [2018-02-21]Bitcoin's Developers Are Debating A Change To Its Open License  (Read 90 times)
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February 21, 2018, 05:51:10 PM
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bitcoin has had an antagonistic relationship with its offshoot, bitcoin cash. But their battle may have provided a trigger to seek ways to protect bitcoin’s core code from indiscriminate use.

If a proposal to change the open source MIT License governing bitcoin is implemented, then further forks from bitcoin might not be allowed to use the original cryptocurrency’s code. The MIT License used in bitcoin is widely used across open source software projects to enable innovation and collaboration.


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February 21, 2018, 06:42:15 PM
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Nope, the debate ended already.

Conclusion: changing the license isn't going to do anything useful, permissionless innovation (however un-innovative) is a feature, not a bug.


n.b. a non-developer brought the idea up, the actual developers unanimously rejected any such change

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