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
First, non-practicing entities are definitely a problem, but they're far
from the only companies involved in software patent litigation. As you say
yourself, one reason companies obtain patents is to "prevent
competition"—meaning they produce a competing product. Look at the
billion-dollar
Pledging to not use patents offensively defeats the point of owning patents.
The point of owning a patent is so that you can use it offensively, either to
prevent competition, or get licensing fees.
Obtaining a patent for defense doesn't make sense. The litigants you need to
worry about do not
Oh God... here we go again..
>
> Again, lets remember that you personally proposed a BIP[1] that had the
> effect
> of aiding your ASICBOOST patent[2] without disclosing that fact in your
> BIP nor
> your pull-req[3].
>
> This is false. The first sentence of the BIP states: "There are incentives
On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 04:51:01AM -0700, Daniel Robinson 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
>
On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 07:38:07AM -0300, Sergio Demian Lerner via bitcoin-dev
wrote:
> I read the DPL v1.1 and I find it dangerous for Bitcoin users. Current
> users may be confident they are protected but in fact they are not, as the
> future generations of users can be attacked, making Bitcoin
I read the DPL v1.1 and I find it dangerous for Bitcoin users. Current
users may be confident they are protected but in fact they are not, as the
future generations of users can be attacked, making Bitcoin technology
fully proprietary and less valuable.
If you read the DPL v1.1 you will see that
