Quote from: Bizmark13 on January 24, 2015, 12:02:58 AM

Quote from: fluffypony on January 23, 2015, 11:46:17 PM

Quote from: sorryforthat on January 23, 2015, 10:52:07 PM

But Monero is a fork of Bytecoin built on the Cryptonote technology? Kudos is definatly due. Would Monero be anywhere without it? Or would Bitmonero be anywhere without it?

Nope, Monero is a fork of the CryptoNote reference code. Yes, this was originally done under the "Bytecoin" name, but if you take a look at the files in the very earliest Monero commit by thankful_for_today (eg. https://github.com/monero-project/bitmonero/blob/1a8f5ce89a990e54ec757affff01f27d449640bc/src/cryptonote_config.h) you will see that it says "Copyright (c) 2012-2013 The Cryptonote developers" and not "Copyright the Bytecoin developers". Unsurprisingly, the official repo of the CryptoNote reference code isn't particularly diverged from that first commit.

Umm... I always thought XMR was forked off BCN? Here is the link to the original BitMonero [ANN] thread. It says:

Quote from: thankful_for_today on April 09, 2014, 08:50:04 PM

Important: this is not a Bytecoin relaunch or not a Bytecoin replacement but a Bytecoin fork. Bytecoin has its own long history, community and stakeholders we don't know much about. I respect them and their decisions even if I don't understand them now. An intention to relaunch coin is always harmfull for everybody involved. Fork is a right way to contribute to community in case you don't agree with decisions already made.

The link he posted to the commit is no different than any other altcoin that is copyrighted under Bitcoin and Bitcoin developers. Its just information for those who may not know any better.