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meatmanek | 2 days ago

(c) “Application” means a software application that may be run or directed by a user on a computer, a mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device that can access a covered application store or download an application.

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riskable|2 days ago

The calculator firmware is a "software application" that's run by a user on a mobile device but it can't access an application store or download applications. For that you need a PC.

So github.com is the violator, here, since it's a software application that may be run by a user on a computer and can download applications (loads of them!).

onionisafruit|2 days ago

I've read through the CA law a couple of times and can't figure out what an application store is supposed to do. What part of the law would github violate?

sgc|2 days ago

Only if its js initiates downloads (even if just injecting other js), in which case, I guess yes??? Or does that fall onto the browser??? Sounds simple to figure out. Maybe everybody will abandon the term webapp now.