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authorMilly Bitcoin <milly@bitcoins.info>2015-09-01 09:43:20 -0400
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Re: [bitcoin-dev] Open Block Chain Licence, BIP[xxxx] Draft
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+> 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.
+
+I suggest talking to a lawyer first. To have a license you need an
+entity that holds the license. What entity actually holds the MIT
+license? There is a copyright notice on the Core Client that claims the
+license is held by the developers. It that the main core developers,
+anyone who has ever submitted an accepted pull request, or something
+else? I don't think there is any kind of valid license on the software
+to begin with. Just posting a notice does not make it true just like
+all those "terms of use" web notices are generally not valid contracts
+(see "click wrap vs. "browser wrap" discussions).
+
+What entity would actually hold a "blockchain license" and who decides
+who would hold the license? If the developers decide there should be a
+license that means the developers own the blockchain and I don't think
+that is consistent with what is going on here.
+
+Russ
+
+
+