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I wonder if this could be solved with license terms. Popular, OSI-approved licenses include clauses like "Neither the name of the <copyright holder> nor the na
by remram 4y ago
I wonder if this could be solved with license terms.
Popular, OSI-approved licenses include clauses like "Neither the name of the <copyright holder> nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software" (BSD) or restrictions on the use of the original name (see Firefox/Iceweasel drama).
If you put in a clause like "You may not keep the software's name or support URL unless distributing an officially-released version", perhaps it would still be open-source as per OSI, and address those distribution issues? It's easy enough for distributors to patch in their own support mailing-list...