One reason that independent alternatives do not exist is nothing to do with patents, and everything to do with the protocol never actually being properly docume

One reason that independent alternatives do not exist is nothing to do with patents, and everything to do with the protocol never actually being properly documented. * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11612615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11612615 Make that 5 years and counting.