[nomel]

> it's not IP, and it's certainly not their IP

I'm not a lawyer so maybe that is the wrong legal term for a model/service like this. Would you mind telling me the word I should have used?

[justcool393]

"model" or "service" would be the term.

basically the point is that it's not protected because it doesn't fall under any classification of IP (it's not copyright or patent since it's mathematical outputs of a mechanical system, it's not trademark because obvious, and it's not a trade secret because it's not a secret)