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Right. But the fact that one has to become a member of the group means that it's not an open protocol. You have to join the group, there's no indication that me
by duncan_bayne 12y ago
Right. But the fact that one has to become a member of the group means that it's not an open protocol. You have to join the group, there's no indication that membership will be free, and membership rules may change at any time.
I agree that there may be good reasons for this, but the existence of those reasons doesn't make the protocol any more open.
- DannyBee 12y ago"Right. But the fact that one has to become a member of the group means that it's not an open protocol." What? There are plenty of open protocols produced by membership based groups. I believe you have redefined open to also include some notion of governance, which, while popular, was never the case previously :) If you want to define what you mean by open protocol, that would be helpful, since everyone seems to have a different definition nowadays ...