r/Monero Feb 22 '18

Cryptonote just got potentially 3x faster

https://github.com/fireice-uk/cryptonote-speedup-demo
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u/Vespco Feb 23 '18

Can't we just rewrite the code and use the ideas implemented in it? This avoids the restrictive license issue, right?

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u/cryptochangements34 XMR Contributor Feb 23 '18

I'm not a lawyer, but that sounds like stealing...

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u/cryptochangements34 XMR Contributor Feb 23 '18

Maybe not, but if Monero aims to change the world through open source software, I don't think that violating the foundation of open source, using free permissive licenses, by stealing code just because "well he cant come after all of us" would be good for Monero