[License-discuss] Open source license with obligation to display an attribution?

David Woolley forums at david-woolley.me.uk
Tue Dec 4 09:30:14 UTC 2018


On 04/12/2018 07:07, Simon.Cox at csiro.au wrote:
> Is there an open source license that also includes an obligation on the 
> user to make public attribution of use of the software in a specific form?
> 

The original BSD licence had an advertising clause, but advertising 
clauses are now considered a bad idea because effective use of the open 
source concept would result in user interfaces being cluttered by dozens 
of adverts.



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