[License-discuss] Trigger for licensee obigations

[VanL]

On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 1:47 PM Bruce Perens via License-discuss <
license-discuss at lists.opensource.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 10:01 AM Pamela Chestek <pamela at chesteklegal.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I assume you mean the AGPL, but only if the software has been modified.
>> Under the CAL, one cannot simply run the software without the licensee
>> having an obligation. Is it a principle of open source software that one
>> should be able to simply run software free of any obligations?
>>
>
> Yes, you are right. I would strongly suggest that further attempts at CAL
> and other licenses attempting to use public performance as a trigger to
> source distribution require it *only for versions that are not already
> publicly available in a well-publicized, permanent location. *
>

FYI, This is exactly what the CAL does: It allows provision of the source
code via a URL to a publicly-accessible repository.
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