FAQ Category: 4. Licenses, IP, and standardization
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Why not go straight for an ISO-TC proposal to get KERI, ACDC, and CESR standardized as swiftly as possible?
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It could be a parallel approach to our effort via the ToIP/Linux foundation. However, it takes a lot of work and time to pursue ISO-TC individually. Our take is to go through a recognized body like the Linux Foundation. Because ISO does not allow them to go straight to them.
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Shouldn’t Licensing and IP be put in the statutes so that no Board, in the future, could change that decision?
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The inventor has well-educated opinions on licensing an IP and is very well-suited to assess future changes and adapt to them for the well-being of the open-source KERI Suite. That is why his role needs to be able to veto changes. In the future, when Samuel Smith steps back for any reason, we could adjust…