#The Innovation Game

Who Owns the Algorithm?

A vehicle-routing method beat the state of the art this year and was published for anyone to read. Who owns it? TIG's licensing document is the fullest answer crypto has produced to the value-capture question: copyright conceded dead, patents on technical effects, a data-disclosure license that herds commercial users toward payment, and community enforcement in place of courts. The mechanism is real. The demand is unproven. Here is what would have to be true.