[License-discuss] Does the LinShare "attribution" notice violate OSD?

Stefano Zacchiroli zack at opensource.org
Mon Sep 19 20:21:04 UTC 2022


On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 11:41:06AM -0700, McCoy Smith wrote:
> Seems like it might violate the definition of appropriate legal notice in GPLv3.

... hence, one should be able to just remove these de facto "further
restrictions", as per:

  > All other non-permissive additional terms are considered "further
  > restrictions" within the meaning of section 10. If the Program as
  > you received it, or any part of it, contains a notice stating that
  > it is governed by this License along with a term that is a further
  > restriction, you may remove that term.

Right?
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