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Impact on third-party hosting providers
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I came across this objection that leaves me curious:
> The inclusion of the Commons Clause in a software product can also lead to some novel results. For example, someone hosting a free copy of a software product containing a “substantial” amount of Commons Clause software on their own server for their internal use would not be in violation of its terms. But a Cloud provider hosting the same software for the same customer would be violating the copyright of the developer. And in either case, a third-party service provider might engage in conduct that violates the license.
(Source: http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/articles/commons-clause-helpful-new-tool-or-end-open-source-we-know-it)
If I were to download a codebase and pay a third-party provider (e.g. AWS) to host it for my private use (e.g. an EC2 instance), would that third-party host be in violation of the clause?
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