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 19F8CFCE for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 21:51:13 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail-wi0-f176.google.com (mail-wi0-f176.google.com [209.85.212.176]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA4821C2 for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 21:51:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wicge5 with SMTP id ge5so21187885wic.0 for ; Tue, 01 Sep 2015 14:51:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=5gIZyse8gWNYsA1Ajoif3bH4lbPAOCwCB+b7sJZXUfQ=; b=YnFIfRZUnpbOo5/MEWLulKF2RB7B7RR+mCpKKrmJsJr4cyJgUgB6aZjXFY+s56YrJn tGs5jIOUeyrA/gVrx1RvQpJI1+SVvKTdQ4zfffNpvxur/hr2CwWHDAiHfViiud63gn9A KWNpLjnw9epiQ0qBcgHJN0DwJ31/kSnir/69nLRtE9OcHyZ1cPY654QpifRsdY6ar1m6 43a7KII7FLfISCi4Fu/wD/XG64CLBEdkyvngdOR3GNVzyMdN37Xco6j5umgDd2b/hkqd vRV17YQfrGlaM1se18vwDeG7WDKL5fLwuhNqT4qo04YZozGveYA0TNY9uEhau7eyeBVZ ekmw== X-Received: by 10.180.87.37 with SMTP id u5mr335620wiz.42.1441144270591; Tue, 01 Sep 2015 14:51:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from amethyst.visucore.com (dhcp-089-098-228-253.chello.nl. [89.98.228.253]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f7sm324111wij.17.2015.09.01.14.51.09 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=AES128-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 01 Sep 2015 14:51:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 23:51:25 +0200 From: "Wladimir J. van der Laan" To: Ahmed Zsales Message-ID: <20150901215124.GA4870@amethyst.visucore.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Open Block Chain Licence, BIP[xxxx] Draft X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 21:51:13 -0000 On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 02:30:17PM +0100, Ahmed Zsales via bitcoin-dev 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. As long as it's an open system, one can't require a specific license for everything added to the chain. You could of course make the BIP advisory, but I'm not sure what that would help. You still wouldn't have any certainty what license the contents of block #XXXX would be under. Wladimir