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And how do you stop them being bought? I'd actually love to see companies, especially ones in winner-take-all/network-effect types of tech start out with some

by Y_Y 5y ago

And how do you stop them being bought? I'd actually love to see companies, especially ones in winner-take-all/network-effect types of tech start out with some sort of unbreakable guarantee of being cool forever. All young platform providers wants to appear open and free and interoperable and trustworthy, but incentives will have their way with them once the valuation gets high enough. Is there a legal or moral vehicle that could prevent this? Has anyone tried it? Would the invisible hand get pissed and remove the magic that makes growth happen?

chrononaut 5y ago
> Is there a legal or moral vehicle that could prevent this? Wouldn't a 501(c)(3) [in the US] work for this case? (Or are there a lot of shady ways that companies work around being able to acquire one?)
- toomuchtodo 5y ago
  Yes. You’d also require a user generated content license similar to CC0 (waive all rights Creative Commons license) along with open sourcing the code to run the platform. If Reddit was Wikipedia or OpenStreetMap. This ensures there is no IP to capture, nor can you hold the audience hostage.