Re: [License-discuss] Question about AGPLv3 with a Plugin Exception

2022-08-16 Thread Ben Tilly
Here is a solution that is worth considering. Create 2 pieces of software that are compatible. One is under a BSD license and will accept the plugins in question. The other is under the AGPL. Any plugin written against the BSD version is clearly not derivative of the AGPL version and therefore

Re: [License-discuss] Fwd: Should fork a project on github be seen as distribution of origin project?

2022-08-02 Thread Ben Tilly
Yes. Absolutely. Follow the license. Find where other people have put their names in comments, and add yours. Modify code. Don't remove the license or any existing attributions. It isn't actually hard in practice. On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 5:07 PM なつよるほたる wrote: > > Hello, > > I found an interes

Re: [License-discuss] Google wins

2021-04-05 Thread Ben Tilly
Unfortunately the argument that APIs are fair use is, "a mixed question of fact and law." But did point to principles that will make it easier for some future APIs to pass that bar. But only some. As the decision says, "The fourth statutory factor focuses upon the 'effect' of the copying in the

Re: [License-discuss] GDPR/CCPA and CAL

2020-02-18 Thread Ben Tilly
I have a similar question. The Constitution gives regulation of interstate commerce to Congress, not the states. Suppose that I am a Delaware company that does business in California but is headquartered in New Jersey. If I sell personal data to a New York company where some of the IP addresses