From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 13527901 for ; Sat, 15 Oct 2016 10:06:07 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mx-out01.mykolab.com (mx.kolabnow.com [95.128.36.1]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 15A88E0 for ; Sat, 15 Oct 2016 10:06:06 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at kolabnow.com X-Spam-Score: -2.9 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from mx05.mykolab.com (mx05.mykolab.com [10.20.7.161]) by mx-out01.mykolab.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 59C2A60208 for ; Sat, 15 Oct 2016 12:06:02 +0200 (CEST) From: Tom Zander To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 12:01:32 +0200 Message-ID: <1481070.m2uoBWnWHP@strawberry> In-Reply-To: References: <20161014105757.GA8049@fedora-21-dvm> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 11:29:19 +0000 Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] DPL is not only not enough, but brings unfounded confidence to Bitcoin users X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 10:06:07 -0000 On Friday, 14 October 2016 04:51:01 CEST Daniel Robinson via bitcoin-dev wrote: > > Because if not, the DPL is still better than the status quo. > > Agreed. Also worth noting that it has a potential advantage over > unilateral patent disarmament, analogous to the advantage of copyleft > licenses over MIT/BSD: it provides an incentive (at least a theoretical > one) for other companies to adopt it too. This is a very important point and a huge step forward in my opinion. The downside of MIT/BSD licenses is that companies can take and not give back. It doesn't build a community and commonly-shared property. Copyleft allows people to take and embrace, but if they extend they have to give back. Which is fair, you build it on their stuff... -- Tom Zander Blog: https://zander.github.io Vlog: https://vimeo.com/channels/tomscryptochannel