Hedera Governing Council to buy hashgraph IP, and open-source projects code By Cointelegraph

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The Hedera Governing Council has formally voted to buy the mental property rights to the hashgraph consensus algorithm from founding architect and inaugural member of the council, Swirlds Inc, for an undisclosed payment.

A Wednesday announcement additionally particulars plans to transition their code to an open-source mannequin this 12 months underneath Apache 2.0 license, along with transferring core crew members resembling CEO Mance Harmon and chief scientist Leemon Baird from Hedera to Swirlds Inc. because the CEO and chief expertise officer, respectively, and deploying neighborhood staking and node alternatives, amongst different updates.