Comment by CaptainFever

True, true, but they can still purchase it. I mentioned that it's a win-win-win situation, which includes Niantic profiting too (not a bad thing, it's a good incentive), which entails selling access to it.

Though as a copyright reformist, I do believe that such models should be released as public domain after 14 years. Though the cloud thing does make these sort of obligations harder to enforce...