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1 Jul 2020
Should API-restricting licenses qualify as open source?
Richard, I believe your article should be corrected. You have misrepresented the CAL license. It is not a "new open source-like license that restricts APIs." The CAL license has exactly the same copyleft scope as a number of...
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GPLv2 goes to court: More decisions from the Versata tarpit
Do you have links to the two opinions?
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