Quote from: Zahlen on January 30, 2014, 07:44:14 PM

Quote from: Come-from-Beyond on January 30, 2014, 07:36:34 PM

Quote from: jl777 on January 30, 2014, 07:34:28 PM

I am not a lawyer. Need a lawyer to figure out how to make it so we can prevent klones that blatantly ripoff NXT community's hard work.
For graphics, text we write, etc., it should be easy to put copyright and that automatically limits theft.

Something wrong with all these discussions about licences. This is a world of cryptoanarchy.

How about just archiving all work done (code, art, anything) with an independently verifiable timestamp? Then if anyone copies (without innovating on top of it), we don't sue. We just point out our original earlier versions, lower the plagiarist's reputation and maybe win over converts?

This idea sounds WAY better. I would think that the NXT community would be more aware of the fact that the government only "protects" their own power. Copyrighting something doesn't magically protect you from thieves. I don't even know if you could copyright something that isn't owned by someone. Also, it would hurt NXT's image. Part of the big appeal of NXT/other crypto's is the fact that they're decentralized and exist outside government control. I know that I would be FAR LESS interested in NXT if it was more entangled with the current legal system. The whole point of crypto-currencies was to have money beyond government control. If you want 'digital money' that has a lot more legal protections, keep using visa/mastercard.