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by partialrecall 2473 days ago
This is the sort of license that effectively says "If you don't really give a damn about licenses, then you're allowed to use this. If you get pedantic about licenses, then you're not."

Similar in principle to AGPLv3 or even WTFPL.

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Yes if you read the license itself (which I did).

The issue is there's a license section in the README. There they reiterate that they use BSD 3 clause... and then have something that looks like "but...."

Again, as I read it: they're BSD 3 clause licensed and the README is an expression of their own (ill-expressed) hopes rather than a licensing requirement.... but I could see how some could be confused and indeed... maybe they are, too: and that's what would worry me about this statement.