At no point in the article, did I say Steemit owns the blockchain. I said Steemit owns the IP for the Steem token; which is true, right?
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At no point in the article, did I say Steemit owns the blockchain. I said Steemit owns the IP for the Steem token; which is true, right?
Cg
Incorrect for two reasons:
The license on steemd that has generated the controversy lately has nothing to do with Steemit; Steemit does not own all the IP in the repo any more than GNU owns the IP for Linux. We don't have a CLA, so the non-staff contributors remain rightsholders.
Anyone can use the blockchain without using the software covered by the license at issue. You can write your own wallet and many have. I hope someone writes their own p2p node, too.
OK, let me ask you this; could another website say called Washit.com, come along, gain a community of thousands, and those thousands of people decide in whatever way they decide, to fork the Steam currency as it is now.
Is that possible? If not; why?
Thanks
Cg
Absolutely it is possible. Nobody owns the blockchain.
Not according to you on the conversation I took this screen shot from below..
So I guess you could stay in Beta forever and use the same excuse.
It seems @smooth both agrees and disagrees with me, as he has flagged this post.
original link https://steemit.com/steem/@demotruk/petition-to-demand-steem-be-made-open-source
Cg
@cryptogee
You are conflating the Steem Blockchain with the
steemdimplementation of that consensus protocol.It's all very complicated; and therein lies the problem; mass adoption will never happen with such confusing matters surrounding Steem and Steemit.
(I have just noticed this post was not posted when I originally wrote it 2 months ago.
Cg