Bradley M. Kühn from the Software Freedom Conservancy explains how AGPLv3§7¶4 empowers users to remove contradictory license terms. The article traces self-contradictory licensing from GPLv2 and examines OnlyOffice's "badgeware" strategy—licensing under AGPLv3 while requiring non-removable trademarked logos via a contradictory trademark clause.
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AGPLv3§74 Empowers Users to Thwart Badgeware Like OnlyOffice
AGPLv3§7.4 legally empowers users to remove OnlyOffice's non-removable branding requirement, defeating the badgeware licensing strategy.
Sunday, April 26, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline
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