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

[Bruce Perens]

We've had long discussions about badgeware in the past. Just search for
that word in the list archives. Not an OSD-compliant license.

On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 11:41 AM McCoy Smith <mccoy at lexpan.law> wrote:

> Seems like it might violate the definition of appropriate legal notice in
> GPLv3.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: License-discuss <license-discuss-bounces at lists.opensource.org> On
> > Behalf Of Josh Berkus
> > Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 11:09 AM
> > To: license-discuss at lists.opensource.org
> > Subject: [License-discuss] Does the LinShare "attribution" notice
> violate OSD?
> >
> > Folks,
> >
> > Someone just forwarded me this:
> >
> > https://github.com/linagora/linshare/blob/master/COPYING.md
> >
> > Take a look at "additional terms", esp:
> >
> > > In accordance with Section 7 and subsection (b) of the GNU Affero
> General
> > Public License version 3, these Appropriate Legal Notices consist in the
> > interface display of the "LinShare™" trademark/logo, the interface
> display of
> > the "Libre & Free" mention, and the interface display of the "You are
> using
> > the Free and Open Source version of LinShare™, powered by Linagora ©
> > 2009--2020. Contribute to Linshare R&D by subscribing to an Enterprise
> > offer!". The latter notice must also be displayed in any asynchronous
> > message sent with the Program, for example e-mails which will contain
> this
> > notice in their footer. Retaining these Appropriate Legal Notices in any
> and all
> > Free and Open Source versions of LinShare and LinShare software Programs
> > is mandatory notwhistanding any other terms and conditions.
> >
> > ... this is the most burdensome example of an attribution notice I've
> ever
> > seen.  Feels like it's a violation of 10, and possibly 6 or 8 as well.
> Thoughts?
> >
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> > Josh Berkus
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