darkflamemasteranother crazy idea I thought I'd <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/asknostr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>asknostr</a> about:<br><br>Watched this video recently. A short discussion on the differences between the <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/GPL" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>GPL</a> and the <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/BSD" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>BSD</a> <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/software" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>software</a> <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/license" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>license</a>, and how the latter allows anyone to modify BSD code but are then not required to open source those modifications.<br><br>I love what <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/opensource" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>opensource</a> gives to the world and to me and my <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/privacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>privacy</a> and <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>security</a> , personally. But, I do understand where businesses stand on the issue, as they are in the business of being in <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/business" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>business</a> and that means making <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/money" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>money</a> by outperforming their competitors.<br><br>So, my question/idea is, could there be an amalgamation of those two license philosophies, facilitated by a public <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/decentralized" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>decentralized</a> <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/blockchain" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>blockchain</a>, that would act similarly to US <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/patent" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>patent</a> laws in the sense that you could commit your source code to a public repository encrypted. In the block noting your submission or project is included a decryption key locked in a contract that publicizes the key after a specific time period. <br><br>I feel that, in this day and age's rapid pace, a year or two years to market ahead of your competitors would be enough to give a <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/firstmover" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>firstmover</a> advantage, secure market share, and recoup investment, as well as a two year headstart on the next set of innovations.<br><br>That would give companies the market edge they paid for and give the world and thereby open source community of projects the continued benefit of open, readable, and reusable source code, albeit delayed in access.<br><br>It would also give non-evil companies the ability to create and affirm their reputation of not doing shady shit in the the shadows and would give us all more confidence to uses their temporarily closed source software as they have established some trust with the world.<br><br>Do you know of anything like this in the world today? I've not heard of this idea before but would not be shocked that someone else has thought of it already.<br><br>Do you think this could be made to work?<br><br>Any thoughts?<br><br><br><a href="https://youtu.be/N2dbyFddcIs?si=PXSAcBJM6yKNSM9K" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/N2dbyFddcIs?si=PXSAcBJM6yKNSM9K</a>