Then add an NDA to the deal.
Block designs that are to remain private, should stay so.
The problem is that if JD starts selling blocks, he won't be able to use a design that he's done for someone else, at least not exactly the way he did it. This NDA would have to include an honest statement by which JD can be upfront and have it read: "I may sell some blocks someday, and if I do, I might use your design to inspire me, but I won't reproduce your design exactly".
Of course the NDA is optional...
(NDA=Non-Disclosure Agreement, aka copyright, technology sharing agreement, or whatever other terms there are out there.)
Alternatively, this agreement could be extended to a licensing agreement, by which JD pays the requestor a fee, either per block, or as a one-time fee, if he ever decides to sell a block with it.
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