That Azureus was being used commercially is an old story : the company Aelitis , whose members are the Azureus developpers, made an extra layer of integration to add below Azureus, to make it more efficient from a commercial standpoint.
Actually, if you're the first to implement such things, you can claim copyright to its implementation in your written works, and you can exert monopoly rights on that idea. Of course, in this case, it wouldn't stop, anyone from making their software improve on the idea, but that's the same as a patent, anyways.
Actually, you don't need to file a patent to have your invention protected : if you write a book describing how you came up with it / how you intend to implement it, you can get copyright laws to protect your invention. This works on the basis that an inventor is the creator of an original work.
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That Azureus was being used commercially is an old story : the company Aelitis , whose members are the Azureus developpers, made an extra layer of integration to add below Azureus, to make it more efficient from a commercial standpoint.
Actually, if you're the first to implement such things, you can claim copyright to its implementation in your written works, and you can exert monopoly rights on that idea. Of course, in this case, it wouldn't stop, anyone from making their software improve on the idea, but that's the same as a patent, anyways.
Actually, you don't need to file a patent to have your invention protected : if you write a book describing how you came up with it / how you intend to implement it, you can get copyright laws to protect your invention. This works on the basis that an inventor is the creator of an original work.