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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>FSF’s definition of what is a free software license includes badgeware licenses (because such licenses still meet the 4 software freedoms), but they also do not recommend use of badgeware licenses. See the comment on the 4-clause BSD:<br><a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OriginalBSD">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OriginalBSD</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> License-discuss <license-discuss-bounces@lists.opensource.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Henrik Ingo<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 31, 2020 7:52 AM<br><b>To:</b> license-discuss@lists.opensource.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [License-discuss] CPAL 1.0 License | Badge-ware | Clarification<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The fact that FSF also recognizes CPAL as a free software license is an interesting addition to this argument.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>