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

Thorsten Glaser tg at mirbsd.de
Tue Sep 20 20:16:24 UTC 2022


Bruce Perens via License-discuss dixit:

>My interpretation is that OSD #3, in the words after the comma, does permit
>immutable terms. Attribution is usually a statement of copyright ownership
>and qualifies as a term. Rants do not.

>> > What about "If the Work includes
>> > a 'NOTICE' text file as part of its distribution, then any Derivative
>> > Works that You distribute must include a readable copy of the
>> > attribution notices contained within such NOTICE file ..." Don't those

The NOTICE file in Apache 2.0 is not restricted to such though ☹

bye,
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