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> All the sharable stuff (code, IP, etc) just get cloned and you get a copy each. I'm not even remotely in this situation and probably never will be, but I'm c

> All the sharable stuff (code, IP, etc) just get cloned and you get a copy each. I'm not even remotely in this situation and probably never will be, but I'm curious how this can work legally. Sure copying the code is easy but isn't there the problem that the rights to it (to sell, to use in a different product) are difficult to distribute among several partners. Wouldn't a potential future buyer of the IP want to make sure that he buys exclusive rights? Otherwise the other partner could just sell the same code to the competition. Same goes for patents etc.. I have no experience with such things so I might missing something very obvious here.

jomtung 11y ago
The code is for anyone who can understand the business requirements it solves to make a similar product by using the same techniques. Basically at this point it's like a bunch of notes on how to solve a particular problem. Any business will require substantial investment of a resource to read that code and remake the solution. At that point most of the scaffolding and UX code is redesigned and you have another clone with a different IP. This is different from the old brand but solves the technical problems in many similar ways. In business it turns out that the UX is the requirement most of the time and the business IP will follow who ever has the same UX. No one really gives a shit about the nuts and bolts of the code unless it's open sourced.
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