[ANN][BOUNTY][ICO] Deco.Network | Software licenses on the blockchain

[glitch003]

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[celestio]

As a developer, I think this project is really fascinating and could positively impact the community. This project is sure to catch attention. Is there a working version of this product yet?

[okspam]

I see that the presale hasn't started yet. Is there a way to earn Deco tokens right now?

[UniqueFRQ]

any airdrop news???

[glitch003]

As a developer, I think this project is really fascinating and could positively impact the community. This project is sure to catch attention. Is there a working version of this product yet?

We have a version deployed on the Ropsten testnet right now, and are hoping to move it to the mainnet soon.  We are in the middle of the audit process right now.  Check it out here: https://app.deco.network/

I see that the presale hasn't started yet. Is there a way to earn Deco tokens right now?

any airdrop news???

Sign up for the alpha test here: https://app.deco.network/ and we will be airdropping tokens to early testers when the token is released.  We are firm believers that the early users and testers of our system should be rewarded. 

Your feedback is valued, and we want to build something that people want to use and will like, so please tell us your thoughts if you give it a try.  Good feedback and positive contributions to the project will also be rewarded.

[Crypto_Man1212]

Who is on the Deconet team? Is it publicly available?

[cryptoreadyplay]

Who is on the Deconet team? Is it publicly available?

More info to come soon! You can register for testnet and airdrops now at https://app.deco.network/users/sign_up. To learn a bit more about the team, check out Who's the team building Deconet?.

[deeltje]

I'm interested to see software licenses on the blockchain and that there is a project that will reward developers for contributing. This is a really original project and I doubt I'm the only one who thinks that. How is the presale going?

[bit-joker]

As a developer, I think this project is really fascinating and could positively impact the community. This project is sure to catch attention. Is there a working version of this product yet?

We have a version deployed on the Ropsten testnet right now, and are hoping to move it to the mainnet soon.  We are in the middle of the audit process right now.  Check it out here: https://app.deco.network/

I see that the presale hasn't started yet. Is there a way to earn Deco tokens right now?

any airdrop news???

Sign up for the alpha test here: https://app.deco.network/ and we will be airdropping tokens to early testers when the token is released.  We are firm believers that the early users and testers of our system should be rewarded. 

Your feedback is valued, and we want to build something that people want to use and will like, so please tell us your thoughts if you give it a try.  Good feedback and positive contributions to the project will also be rewarded.

I'm glad that you guys will be rewarding alpha testers. I'm glad you mentioned that. I am also impressed that you have a product that is ready to test. Incentivizing feedback will also improve the product considerably. You guys are thinking ahead and I think that's valuable.

[bitbong]

Signed up for Alpha..

looking forward to this wonderful concept and lovely team

[GoBelle]

Will Deconet be accepting additional investments outside of the ICO?

[Crypto_Man1212]

Who is on the Deconet team? Is it publicly available?

More info to come soon! You can register for testnet and airdrops now at https://app.deco.network/users/sign_up. To learn a bit more about the team, check out Who's the team building Deconet?.

Thanks for the reply and the link to the article. I actually remember hearing about the CTO's hardware wallet years ago. He was a pioneer. That's a cool story on how you guys met too. I think this team looks pretty awesome and I'm excited for the future of Deconet. Which team member is answering questions here?

[okspam]

As a developer, I think this project is really fascinating and could positively impact the community. This project is sure to catch attention. Is there a working version of this product yet?

We have a version deployed on the Ropsten testnet right now, and are hoping to move it to the mainnet soon.  We are in the middle of the audit process right now.  Check it out here: https://app.deco.network/

I see that the presale hasn't started yet. Is there a way to earn Deco tokens right now?

any airdrop news???

Sign up for the alpha test here: https://app.deco.network/ and we will be airdropping tokens to early testers when the token is released.  We are firm believers that the early users and testers of our system should be rewarded. 

Your feedback is valued, and we want to build something that people want to use and will like, so please tell us your thoughts if you give it a try.  Good feedback and positive contributions to the project will also be rewarded.

Thanks for your reply. I'm signing up for alpha now. 

[celestio]

As a developer, I think this project is really fascinating and could positively impact the community. This project is sure to catch attention. Is there a working version of this product yet?

We have a version deployed on the Ropsten testnet right now, and are hoping to move it to the mainnet soon.  We are in the middle of the audit process right now.  Check it out here: https://app.deco.network/

I see that the presale hasn't started yet. Is there a way to earn Deco tokens right now?

any airdrop news???

Sign up for the alpha test here: https://app.deco.network/ and we will be airdropping tokens to early testers when the token is released.  We are firm believers that the early users and testers of our system should be rewarded. 

Your feedback is valued, and we want to build something that people want to use and will like, so please tell us your thoughts if you give it a try.  Good feedback and positive contributions to the project will also be rewarded.

Thank you for your response and for the link. I am happy to see that Deconet already has a working version and I am glad there is a step-by-step on how to work the alpha version.

[cryptoreadyplay]

Who is on the Deconet team? Is it publicly available?

More info to come soon! You can register for testnet and airdrops now at https://app.deco.network/users/sign_up. To learn a bit more about the team, check out Who's the team building Deconet?.

Thanks for the reply and the link to the article. I actually remember hearing about the CTO's hardware wallet years ago. He was a pioneer. That's a cool story on how you guys met too. I think this team looks pretty awesome and I'm excited for the future of Deconet. Which team member is answering questions here?

Thanks - that's great to hear. Will relay your kind words to Chris, I bet he will really appreciate that. I'm Leah, nice to meet you!

[earthcoin]

I heard about dual-licensing, but I couldn't find anything in the whitepaper. Can you explain how the dual-licensing works from a legal perspective?

[bsgeek]

I think the best feature of this project is opensource. Anyone can offer some useful changes, it is always good.

[jojoe20]

I heard about dual-licensing, but I couldn't find anything in the whitepaper. Can you explain how the dual-licensing works from a legal perspective?

Yeah, I am not only curious how it works from a legal perspective, but also what is it the dual-licensing itself?

[alexandrofff]

How your open source code is working?

[glitch003]

I heard about dual-licensing, but I couldn't find anything in the whitepaper. Can you explain how the dual-licensing works from a legal perspective?

Yeah, I am not only curious how it works from a legal perspective, but also what is it the dual-licensing itself?

Edit: We have a great blog post about this on our blog, but I also answered below.  Check out the blog for more info: https://hackernoon.com/how-to-get-paid-for-open-source-6e13bb238a7f

Great questions!

Dual Licensing is where a project is developed under one main license, but also sells the ability to license the code using an alternative license.

This usually plays out where an open source project is developed using the GNU General Public License (aka the GPL).  The GPL is a "copyleft" or "viral" license, which means that all other projects that utilize or depend on that open source project must also be released under the GPL.  The GPL also stipulates that the source code for all components of a project must be available.  This is really cool for project creators, because they can put their work out into the world for anyone to use for free with the condition that if anyone builds upon it, they must also contribute those changes back to the community by releasing the source of their software.  For example, the most famous open source project, Linux, is licensed under the GPL, and this has facilitated collaboration that has culminated in Linux powering most servers and mobile phones on earth.

This means that, for example, Microsoft can't use any code released under the GPL in Windows because they would have to release Windows under the GPL and make all the source code for Windows available, which they don't want to do.  For this reason, many companies forbid the use of GPL licensed components in their own software, because they wish to keep their source closed.

This is where dual licensing comes in.  Even though your code is primarily released under the GPL, you can sell a proprietary license that does not have the copyleft / viral restrictions of the GPL and does not require the buyer to release their own code under the GPL, so the buyer can keep their source closed.  This is also called "selling an exception to the GPL" and you can read some of Richard Stallman's (creator of the GPL) writing on this topic here: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/selling-exceptions

Our system lets you sell that proprietary license on the blockchain for ETH.  So now, anyone can get paid for their code just by listing their project for sale in our smart contract.  The license sale is logged immutably to the ethereum blockchain so you can always prove that you bought a legit license.

Thanks!

P.S. I am Chris Cassano, co-founder of Deco.Network and I'll be here from time to time, but cryptoreadyplay is also helping Deco.Network with community relations, and is an official representative for us here.