[License-review] For approval: The Cryptographic Autonomy License (Beta 4)

[VanL]

Using the convinced works exception would be similar in effect (not exactly
the same, but similar) to what exists in the Linux kernel today.

Without the exception, it would be more similar to the Joomla or WordPress
ecosystem (again, not exactly, but similar).

Thanks,
Van

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On Fri, Dec 27, 2019, 1:22 PM Pamela Chestek <pamela at chesteklegal.com>
wrote:

>
> On 12/26/19 5:58 PM, VanL wrote:
>
> Hi Pam,
>
> Sorry for the late reply.
>
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 8:05 AM Pamela Chestek <pamela at chesteklegal.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The Holochain website talks about doing things like running a social
>> network client. Would that social network software have to be under an
>> open source license?
>>
>
> This comes down to the licensor's choice. If the licensor used the CAL
> without the Combined Works Exception, then this would have the effect of
> ensuring that the software stayed open source - modulo standard copyright
> rules that would tend to allow different licenses as the link between the
> CAL-licensed framework and other software became more attenuated.
>
> In the case of Holochain, Holo intends to use the Combined Works exception
> to allow differently-licensed software "on top" of the CAL-licensed
> framework. As an analogy, think of the external vs. internal interfaces
> split already used in the Linux kernel.
>
> Isn't it more similar to the outcome if the Linux kernel hadn't clarified
> that what is in user space didn't need to be under the GPL? If the Linux
> kernel was under the CAL, wouldn't all the applications that run on it also
> have to be under open source licenses, unless the licensor had the Combined
> Works exception?
>
> Pam
> Pamela S. Chestek
> Chestek Legal
> PO Box 2492
> Raleigh, NC 27602
> pamela at chesteklegal.com
> 919-800-8033
> www.chesteklegal.com
>
>
> Thanks,
> Van
>
>
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