People surely don't want to hear that, but this is incorrect.

The JPL is a software license. It only covers the copyright of the source code of the NXT implementation from 1.11.6 on. If someone wants to make a clone and don't airdrop coins to NXT holders, then he/she has 2 options:

- 1 - fork the NXT 1.11.5 code
- 2 - do an independent re-implementation of the protocol (e.g. in another programming language). The protocol itself cannot be "protected".

If Ardor or Nxt is successful, then clones will do ... exactly that. This is one of the reasons why I consider the JPL .... crap. They should have used the GPL and stay part of the open source community.

(I'm still bullish on ARDR. I think it's very innovative and solves various of the most severe problems of cryptocurrencies).