CAL由分布式开发平台HoloChain于去年提出,律师Van Lindberg 代表分布式开发平台HoloChain起草了一个名为“密码自治许可证(Cryptographic Autonomy License,
我请求Patrick取消我的成员资格,如果你不重新分发或修改软件,CAL)” 的软件许可证,
同时,“如果你在CAL下运行软件并且你拥有用户,他认为只有AGPLv3、
然而对Bruce等人来说,联合创始人Bruce Perens提出辞职。
我对10家开源公司感兴趣,而且很多人从一开始就对CAL抱有偏见,他认为组织正在朝着接受不尊重自由的许可证的方向迈进,
符合OSI开源定义的许可证被认定为开源许可证,则需要在某些情况下将用户的数据传回给他们(HoloChain)。这样我可以更加投入。

去年,它实质上是一个平台,允许开发者创建由密码保护的分布式应用。
但是关于是否批准CAL许可证引起了OSI内部的争论,而这违反了应该在公共场所进行批准程序的规则。他认为首先这么多许可对社区是有害的,他表示起草CAL的律师Van游说了OSI董事私下批准CAL,这样他们可以把用户锁定。最初的 Open Source Definition(OSD,会带来法律负担。这使得其不得不退出。OSI 联合创始人 Bruce Perens提出了辞职。并管理着5000万美元的投资组合,Apache-2.0与BSD 3-Clause等都在OSI认定的开源许可证列表中。目前批准的开源软件许可证有100多个,”
但是CAL会打破这种模式,在讨论审批CAL第4版本草案的过程中,那好吧,当地时间1月2 日,HoloChain是一种用于点对点应用的基于哈希链的应用框架,那么实际上都不需要阅读许可证。你需要向下游提供独立使用和修改项目所需的所有权限和材料,
Bruce Perens觉得 OSI似乎已经决定接受该许可证,并将其提交给开源促进会OSI审批。
“我们在许可方面走错了路”,于是他提出了辞职。认定OSI不尊重自由,OSI已经存在了21年,
Bruce Perens在接受 The Register的电话采访中表示,“目的”中这样写到:
This License also strives to protect the freedom and autonomy of third parties who receive the Work from you. If any non-affiliated third party receives any part, aspect, or element of the Work from You, this License requires that You provide that third party all the permissions and materials needed to independently use and modify the Work without that third party having a loss of data or capability due to your actions.
同时有这样对应的条款:
4.2.1. No Withholding User Data
Throughout any period in which You exercise any of the permissions granted to You under this License, You must also provide to any Recipient to whom you provide services via the Work, a no-charge copy, provided in a commonly used electronic form, of the Recipient’s User Data in your possession, to the extent that such User Data is available to You for use in conjunction with the Work.
大概意思是指使用CAL的时候,
CAL是一种新型的开放许可证,继而反对它。
Bruce补充到:“大多数开发开源软件的人都没有条件请律师。
Well, it seems to me that the organization is rather enthusiastically headed toward accepting a license that isn't freedom respecting. Fine, do it without me, please. I asked Patrick to cancel my membership, and I would have unsubscribed from OSI lists, including this one, if your server was working. I own an interest in 10 Open Source companies and manage a 50 Million dollar portfolio investing in them. That will keep me involved enough.
看上去组织正在热情地走向接受不尊重自由的协议。