[bitcoin-dev] Open Block Chain Licence, BIP[xxxx] Draft

[Btc Drak]

Without commenting on your proposal at all, the general problem with
licensing after the fact is you require the permission of every
copyright holder in order to make the change.



On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Ahmed Zsales via bitcoin-dev
<bitcoin-dev at lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We believe the network requires a block chain licence to supplement the
> existing MIT Licence which we believe only covers the core reference client
> software.
>
> Replacing or amending the existing MIT Licence is beyond the scope of this
> draft BIP.
>
> Rationale and details of our draft BIP for discussion and evaluation are
> here:
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwEbhrQ4ELzBMVFxajNZa2hzMTg/view?usp=sharing
>
> Regards,
>
> Ahmed
>
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