<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">On 2 Sep 2018, at 04:35, Nick Stallman <<a href="mailto:nick@agentpoint.com">nick@agentpoint.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote type="cite">
<p>You could also say that parts of the internet are licensed - E.g.
posting on Facebook requires accepting terms and conditions which
if broken can result in your access being terminated. But the
internet in general is unlicensed.</p>
</blockquote><br><div>Acceptance of terms and conditions is not a “license.” The word has a very well defined legal meaning, and that isn’t it.</div><div><br></div><div>It is obvious that Paul was referring to government issued approvals or permissions for crypto. Which is, not to put too fine a point on it, ludicrous.</div><div><br></div><div> - mark</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>