Because fiatjaf released nostr as open source software individuals around the world are able to build and iterate on the protocol without permission.
Open source software is viral in nature. It spreads and grows without a company or individual controlling it. With a project like nostr still in its infancy it is amazing to watch the power of open source collaboration in action.
People love to argue about which open source license is best. Fiatjafβs license is two words: βPublic domain.β
Why does an open source project needs to have a license?
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being given permission is cheaper than asking for forgiveness
It was just a general question.
*Software that doesn't have an explicit license is under exclusive copyright. That means nobody else can use, copy, share, or change it, even if it's sitting in a public repo on GitHub.*
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