On 6/29/19 9:08 AM, Pamela Chestek wrote: > > On 6/28/19 11:40 PM, Bruce Perens via License-discuss wrote: >> >> 2. _At what point the licensor can oblige licensee behavior_. >> The trigger for meeting license obligations can differ across >> licenses. The most common, almost universal trigger, is >> distribution of software. The AGPL license triggers upon allowing >> network interaction with modified software. The >> CAL license implements a new trigger, which is the obligation to >> make unmodified software available to anyone interacting with an >> interface for the software. In other words, someone might install >> a program that allows for interaction with the website (perhaps >> providing a webform to sign up for a newsletter) and would now be >> obliged to make the source code available to any person who >> filled out the >> webform. >> http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2019-May/004113.html >> >> <http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2019-May/004113.html> >> The License Review >> Committee does not believe that there has been adequate airing of >> this issue from a variety of viewpoints on the license-review >> discussion about this aspect of the license, so has not reached a >> conclusion about at what point imposing license obligations is >> appropriate. >> >> >> I'm not sure I agree with the committee here, this is the public >> performance issue and a /synthetic /public performance right exists >> in an accepted license. >> 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?
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