Vitalik Buterin sees copyleft licensing as a decentralized alternative to government-imposed diffusion policies, offering similar outcomes without political or corporate bias

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He noted that governments across the globe have reacted by imposing the diffusion of technology. Among them are standardization requirements of the European Union, the transfer policies of China, and U.S. regulations of non-compete clauses.

Buterin proposed copyleft licensing as a possible way to use a decentralized approach, allowing similar results but without being biased due to political or corporate interests.