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

[Pamela Chestek]

On 8/26/2019 11:00 AM, Lawrence Rosen wrote:
> Pam, now I am confused by you and by the Copyright Office. Forget CAL
> and forget AGPL. If a normal GPL program on _your_ computer causes
> _my_ computer to display a red square, have you distributed _your_ GPL
> program to _my_ computer? That sounds like a real reach for copyleft,
> even for a sophisticated API that makes computers do things. I now
> worry about that so-called "general rule" for GPL email programs! 

No, I haven't distributed it, I have only displayed it. The
copyleft/source code requirements of GPL are implicated on distribution,
not on display. It's not an issue under the GPL.

Pam

Pamela S. Chestek
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Raleigh, NC 27602
919-800-8033
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