I understand that. However, it seems to me that requirement would be
outside the scope of an open source software license. As has been
pointed out, ownership of the data and the requirement to return it or
not is already covered by law in many jurisdictions, and in any
jurisdictions where it's not, it will be eventually. So isn't this an
issue that would be better sorted out through legal systems than through
software licensing. This seems like an overreach to me.
Christine Hall
Publisher & Editor
FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
http://fossforce.com
On 7/2/19 11:38 AM, VanL wrote:
On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 12:55 PM Thorsten Glaser <t...@mirbsd.de
<mailto:t...@mirbsd.de>> wrote:
Christine Hall dixit:
> Open source licenses (again, according to my understanding --
folks with
> many years experience at OSI should correct me if I'm wrong) should
> apply only to the software being licensed, and the data collected
by or
> stored within a software application is clearly not part of the
software
> itself.
There is an important distinction here: The CAL does not apply to any
data stored by the application. I agree that forcing user data to be
licensed under a particular license would violate the OSD. However, that
is not what the CAL does. *The CAL does not change the license on any
user data*. The CAL just makes sure that user data is not withheld from
the user.
That is a key (and freedom-preserving) distinction. The CAL is not an
"all your data is belong to us" license - it is a "the data that you use
to interact with this software cannot be withheld from you" license.
Thanks,
Van
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