[License-discuss] Data portability as an obligation under an open source license

[VanL]

Hi Pam,

On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 12:55 PM Pamela Chestek <pamela at chesteklegal.com>
wrote:

>
> But I don't see an analogy for
> database/data rights; I don't see how data portability affects the use
> of the software. You're using copyright as a mechanism to achieve a
> purpose different from ensuring the right to use/modify/distribute
> software. That's where a line can be drawn.
>

Thought experiment: What about Lisp? Or DSLs?

It is a fundamental element of LISP that "data" and "program" are expressed
(or expressable) using the same syntax. Also, various DSLs are expressible
using program code (see, e.g., Ansible, JSON).  So does that mean that the
scope of a license changes depending on how you look at it?

A bit more theoretically, does "software" comprise its input and
configuration data? It seems like that can be included in the GPLv3 concept
of corresponding source.

Thanks,
Van
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