So if I post my entire business plan, and allocate 20% and keep 80% someone can take my business plan (clone it) and offer a bigger stake and run with my plan?
It is open source software, you cannot stop them except through network effect, social pressure, and perhaps software licenses.
a lot of very interesting stuff going on here, I want to see if I can summarize:
Regarding legal requirement to provide PTS/AGS shares:
1) If someone offers DAC shares that
are derivatives of I3 software, they are legally required to allocate at least 20% to PTS/AGS
2) Else if someone offers DAC shares
that are completely independent of any I3 software platform, they can do whatever they want regarding allocation.
Regarding I3 support:
1) If someone offers DAC shares that are at least 20% allocated to PTS/AGS holders, regardless of whether it is derivative software, they are possibly eligible for lots of free support from I3.
I love the theoretical "game" I3 created!
I'm starting a DAC, I need to choose allocation. If I choose > 20% to PTS/AGS, I get (a) a free (beer and speech) license to a highly polished and proven code base, (b) free advertising, and (c) free expert consulting and guidance. If I choose 0% PTS/AGS, I get nothing.
This is a big deal, I didn't get that until now. Nice job bytemaster/stan/whomever created that. It's very complimentary to the SCSL. Excellent carrot and stick approach!