You are entirely correct. Forcing interactions with additional parties you aren't already interacting with is usually considered a non-free license condition.

You are entirely correct. Forcing interactions with additional parties you aren't already interacting with is usually considered a non-free license condition. For example Debian has the dissident and desert island tests for this reason. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_Free_Software_Guidelines#debian-legal_tests_for_DFSG_compliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_Free_Software_Guideline...