Quote from: wizkid057 on October 17, 2012, 10:41:33 PM

First, none of this has anything to do with opensourcing the bitstreams or not. Regardless of how much hardware he has personally, this wouldn't change either way. I fail to see how this is relevant.

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Quote from: MrTeal on October 17, 2012, 10:29:26 PM

or c) He feels the IP has value outside just the amount of commission he might make, and he might want to leverage it for something else.

Just because MS isn't selling Windows XP anymore doesn't mean they're going to GPL the source if you cut them a cheque for a couple thousand bucks.

That's the problem though. This particular IP's purpose is to generate profit directly. Therefore, the IP actually doesn't have any other value outside the amount of commission he would make with it unless it is sold entirely, such as through the bounties offered. That's the point. The only way it would have an increased value to the creator is if it is somehow generating more profit than we're led to believe. Regardless of how someone may feel about their IP, it's worthless if in the end there is little to nothing to show for it.

You can't compare Windows XP to this bitstream. Windows XP was successfully sold to millions at a profit already, and XP licenses are still valid. Windows XP has turned a profit for MS, so, they have no reason to accept a "couple thousand bucks" to open source it. The difference here is, assuming this bitstream legitimately does what we're told as advertised and nothing more, then the creator has not profited from it and will not profit from it more than the value of the up front bounties offered to simply release it in source form.

I try one more time.

Imagine Dr. Tyrell has invented new shovel design. It can move more dirt than every other shovel and is ergonomic so user can work all day.

If he sells Stakhanov Shovel as design for $7700, that is all he makes.

If he rents shovels for percentage of improved dirt moved, he makes x dollars minus cost of production and maintenance (signcryption services).

If he hires 500 people and gives them shovels to mine own land, he makes full profits of improved output, minus cost of production and maintenance of shovels and cost of labor and land use.

Math homework for you. How much rental makes him 700btc? How much makes for him 700btc for custom hardware he keep private?

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