[License-discuss] REMOVE AAL from list of approved licenses

[Pamela Chestek]

On 3/26/2020 11:01 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:

> On 3/26/20 7:48 PM, McCoy Smith wrote:
>> If AAL is a candidate for removal, should *all* licenses which have that
>> sort of attribution requirement also be removed?
> If you know of other licenses we passed with badgeware requirements,
> please name them.  Because yes, they should all be candidates for removal.
>
> Note that, for example, the GPLv3 requirement isn't a "badgeware"
> requirement, because it gives makers of derivative works flexibility in
> exactly how the software is attributed.  One of the chief problems with
> badgeware requirements like the AAL is that it effectively prevents
> downstream developers from ever removing the GUI from the program, or
> from running it on an embedded system (thus violating OSD6 and/or OSD10).
>
Bruce Perens submitted a request to L-R back last August that CPAL be
retired.

Pam

Pamela S. Chestek
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