Blockstack Supportive Open Source License

friedger · February 4, 2019, 5:44pm

Currently, I am publishing my apps using MIT license.
I was wondering whether there is a concept of licenses that allow to use and modify the code only as long as the resulting product does not transfer data to non-user owned servers. Any ideas?

mehmetkose · February 4, 2019, 7:16pm

Wow, this is one of the best generative question I ever saw on this platform. Let’s modify MIT and create a license for decentralized apps!. @muneeb @jude any opinion?

MichaelFedora · February 5, 2019, 1:33am

Sounds like GPLv3 + an addendum. Keeps it open source & forced decentralized.

Although it also seems like it would be hard to enforce… dunno. Interesting idea though.

friedger · February 18, 2019, 3:56pm

Here it is:The Cryptographic Autonomy license!

github.com

holochain/cryptographic-autonomy-license/blob/master/README.md

# Cryptographic Autonomy License - v.0.1

*This Cryptographic Autonomy License (the “License”) applies to any Work whose owner has marked it with any of the following notices:*

  *“Licensed under the Cryptographic Autonomy License version 1.0,” or*

  *“Licensed under the Cryptographic Autonomy License version 1.0, with Combined Work Exception.”*

*The owner may also specify a jurisdiction for disputes arising out of a particular Work:*

  *“The Applicable Jurisdiction for disputes arising from the licensing or use of this Work is _____.”*
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## 1. License Grant

### 1.1. Grants
Conditioned on compliance with section 2, and subject to the reservations of section 1.2, you have the world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive permission to:

  a) Take any action with the Work or a Modified Work that would infringe the copyright or database protection laws of an Applicable Jurisdiction applying to the Work, including Publicly Performing any interface derived from the Work; and

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a) You may not,… limit a third party from independently Processing User Data in which they have a Possessory Interest;

b)…You must also provide a copy of any User Data in your possession to a third party having a Possessory Interest in such User Data at no charge;