> What’s the alternative monetization model? There's the heart of the issue, the belief that everything can and should have a monetization model. The fact that

> What’s the alternative monetization model? There's the heart of the issue, the belief that everything can and should have a monetization model. The fact that we had to invent a whole new artificial class of property to handle the existing model should set off some alarm bells here. A lot of organisations make a lot of money from these algorithms, is having them chip into a non-profit to develop free and open standards too much? How about having some of that research from universities and government standards bodies chip in too?