[License-review] For approval: The Cryptographic Autonomy License (Beta 2)

[VanL]

Reading again, I think I need to further develop this point.

Under most circumstances, the CAL would not reach the output of a program.
For example, if you had an image generator program (like your red square)
the CAL would not apply to the output. If you had a CAL licensed Emacs, the
CAL would not apply to the programs you wrote.

The CAL applies when some aspect of the program itself is sent to a third
party.

So I can't say that the CAL would never apply to your widget. It depends on
the implementation. But for your red square program, it would probably not
apply.

Thanks,
Van





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On Sun, Aug 25, 2019, 9:12 PM VanL <van.lindberg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Pam,
>
> You are interpreting the CAL beyond where it would go. In particular:
>
> Assume I downloaded code to my web server that creates a display on my
>> website, a red square. It was easy for me to install, I just went to
>> WordPress Plugins and, voila! I do not distribute any code to the viewer
>> of my website, no Javascript, nothing. It is just displayed on my
>> website.
>
>
> The key question is whether this red square is part of the expression of
> the downloaded code, and if that expression is sent to your website visitor.
>
> If the red square is just the output of the code, then you don't need to
> do anything. The CAL does not impose any restrictions on you whatsoever.
>
> If you send "red square generating code" to your website visitor, then the
> CAL requires you to provide source code.
>
> This is actually identical to what you would be required to do under the
> vanilla GPL.
>
> Also, work regard to my comments about the AGPL: I am simply commenting on
> interpretations I have seen in the wild.
>
> For example:
> https://github.com/algorand/go-algorand/blob/master/COPYING_FAQ
>
> Thanks,
> Van
>
>
>
>
>>
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