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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/22/2019 4:49 PM, Lukas Atkinson
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<div>There are other problems with practical use of the
license. Open Source software is intended for everyone to
use, not just everyone who can afford an attorney and a
programming staff. It thus should be the case that the
"naive user", who simply runs Open Source software and does
not modify it, should <i>not </i>need to read and
understand the license, and certainly should not need a
lawyer to tell them how to run the program in a compliant
manner.<br>
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<div>An end user is free to run the software for themselves or
their affiliates without restriction, and will certainly not
have to consult a lawyer for that. You are painting an overly
dramatic picture here. In general, I also find the CAL to be
more comprehensible for lay persons than e.g. the GPLv3.</div>
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<div>If anyone operates a service for other people to use, they
already are subject to so many legal obligations in their
respective jurisdiction that the CAL's provisions will really
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As a complete duffer in software, this provision is troublesome to
me. It goes well beyond offering a service. This is the same example
I used on the last review of this license, so forgive me for
repeating it. Suppose I put up my homemade website and want a widget
that displays my Twitter feed. I look at my options among the
various addons and extensions and pick one that looks like it's just
the ticket. Woe is me if I picked one under the CAL. Having the
widget on my website is not a private use and so I have to make the
source code available, plus provide notices and attribution on my
website for the widget. I suspect anyone would be surprised that
they had incurred such a burden.<br>
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Still speaking entirely personally.<br>
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Pam<br>
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Pamela S. Chestek<br>
Chestek Legal<br>
PO Box 2492<br>
Raleigh, NC 27602<br>
919-800-8033<br>
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