FSF’s definition of what is a free software license includes badgeware licenses (because such licenses still meet the 4 software freedoms), but they also do not recommend use of badgeware licenses. See the comment on the 4-clause BSD: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OriginalBSD
From: License-discuss <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Henrik Ingo Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 7:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [License-discuss] CPAL 1.0 License | Badge-ware | Clarification The fact that FSF also recognizes CPAL as a free software license is an interesting addition to this argument. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html
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