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Hello,
First of all I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice.
I noticed that the license of this project changed about a year ago, this section was added:
Additional Terms under GNU Affero General Public License Version 3 (AGPLv3)
In accordance with Section 7 of the GNU Affero General Public License Version 3,
the following additional terms apply to this software:Brand Protection (Under Section 7(e)):
The Teable brand assets (including but not limited to the Teable name, logo,
icons, and visual identity elements) are protected intellectual property and
are not covered by the AGPLv3 license. While the software code may be modified
under the terms of AGPL, any modification, replacement, or removal of these
brand assets is explicitly prohibited.Specifically:
- You may not modify or replace the Teable brand assets
- You may not remove the Teable brand assets
- You may not use the brand assets in a way that suggests endorsement
The AGPLv3 section 7 (Additional Terms) contains:
If additional permissions apply only to part of the Program, that part may be used separately under those permissions, but the entire Program remains governed by this License without regard to the additional permissions.
My non-legal reading is that the terms on the brand assets only apply to the brand assets themselves, so they could be removed with this clause. This conflicts with the apparent intent of preventing people from being able to fork and rebrand the software.
Note: since contributors have signed a CLA, you have all the rights to distribute any version with the license you want. What is important is how others will be able to use this software and its source code.