suppose i made a software library which is perhaps
licensed AGPL
now the thing is this doesn't actually stop corporates from clean-room implementing their own version that they can do whatever they want with and imo that is kind of not good
so i am thinking.... could it actually be a viable thing to get a software patent for your thing. despite software patents being evil. can you have a software patent that coexists with an AGPL licensing for your package such that derivative works are allowed under the AGPL same-license terms but clean-room reimplementation to avoid that isn't allowed
fuchsiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
@haskal hmm I think this is what some audio/video codecs already have, and it could make it difficult to fork/make other foss implementations?
@f0x a necessary sacrifice. any clean reimplementation runs the risk of being made by a company for evil or being permissively licensed which would allow the above
