DNotes2.0 Solutions and Interfacing with Blockchain IP groupsAfter hearing the great news that DNotes Global Inc. has found a great fit with their software development partner Geneca, I realised that they are very likely to develop new solutions to the existing problems faced by cryptocurrencies. So I had a look at how the blockchain sector is handling intellectual property management.
This article shows a strong indication that the industry understands the need to establish groups that protect against patent trolls and find solutions for sharing the technologies they develop:
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2017/06/30/protecting-ip-blockchain-sector/id=84581/As I understand it, DNotes Global Inc. express their commitment to providing financial systems that benefit all people by intending to open-source the results of their software development. I'm curious to know more about how DNotes Global Inc. intend to manage ownership of solutions developed in partnership with Geneca, and how they see their role in networking with existing organisations to participate in the protection and sharing of intellectual property.
Regarding our philosophy on open-source software, it is best not to get ahead of ourselves at this time, especially, now that we have a software development partner, as well a formal Board of Directors for DNotes Global in the near future. We will take time to study this critical issue with formal discussions before releasing specific policy decisions in the future.
What I can say at this point is that I personally support open-source software development to facilitate collaborative development, testing and debugging at some point. One day, our users by choice, could seek to be treated like co-developers with full access to the code of the software.
DNotes will most certainly remain open-source. However, it is highly conceivable that some of our proprietary software will be managed as closed source and only available under licensing and non-disclosure agreements. The software development of our exchange in the future will fall into this category. In this case, security is our number priority. Open-source may allow hackers to pinpoint every weaknesses and loopholes and exploit them to their advantage.
Hope this sufficient answered your questions.