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0 pointsfabianhjr3y ago0 comments

> I'm not a lawyer so don't know if they _need_ to have a license for the protocol, but presumably they think they do.

They don't but they were probably using a licensed library they no longer have access to and would need to develop their own library first.

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I wouldn't be surprised if they signed something explicit about not using the protocol without authorisation or something.

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0 pointsfabianhjr3y ago0 comments

> I'm not a lawyer so don't know if they _need_ to have a license for the protocol, but presumably they think they do.

They don't but they were probably using a licensed library they no longer have access to and would need to develop their own library first.

I wouldn't be surprised if they signed something explicit about not using the protocol without authorisation or something.

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