[briodf]

That's a nice technical implementation of the Business Model Canvas. However, you should check the licensing under which it has been published as the result of accademic research: https://strategyzer.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/506...

>The Business Model Canvas, released under Creative Commons license, is open for building other approaches and variations on the concept. There have been a number of variations discussed and demonstrated here in the Hub and externally. Where variations have been made, recognition of the original source material must be included in the variation. The text and link Strategyzer.com should be clearly visible and legible under every canvas.

If you're interested in the topic, you should definitely check out https://strategyzer.com/ which is the company co-founded by the former PHD that developped the concept of the Business Model Canvas.

[dosy]

Can a concept really be restricted? I thought ideas were not patentable.

[Freak_NL]

That does sound dubious. The specific graphics created by Strategyzer can be copyrighted with a Creative Commons license of course, but I can't see how the concept of the business model canvas can be protected.

The name may be trademarked of course.

[alnorth]

Who mentioned patents?

[onli]

In the current US patent climate disaster it is not really a big leap to see something that is clearly not protected by copyright and then think "maybe they got a patent for it and throw licenses around because of that."