Private chains will compete with Bitshares, if IBM creates a private chain using Bitshares (Graphene) to issue digital bitUSD for the government, it will compete directly with us, I believe that license fees should be shared across (ags/pts/bts), also this way we all be continuously protecting our investment, without a close source project, we will be able to continuously improve it. Other sharedrop ideas have been considered including ownership of the company, but if developers are hired for consultancy, that is got nothing to do with us. Their knowledge is their IP and should be able to sell it the best way they want.