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Sorry to spread FUD, I was under the impression that non-OSI compliant licenses sometimes made this requirement, but I can't find any actual examples so maybe it was an overly cautious question I was always answering 'no' to to get import approval.



Even if such a license existed, it's still the responsibility of the derivative code's owner to comply. If they refuse, then they can be sued, but their code can only be released under the license by their deliberate action.


The Netscape Public License is the only one I'm aware of. But it's not OSI-compliant (and thus, to most people, not open source) and I'm not aware of anyone still using it.




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