Does removing attribution constitute a GPLv3 violation?

[stefansundin]

This has happened to me a number of times. People fork a GitHub project of mine only to remove the attribution where my name appears. I find it to be rude.

Example: https://github.com/Fordeer/2fa-qr/commit/c2c5321ddb6b5f00246f52fef1cb6977c39c7352

This fork is served at https://2fa.fordeer.io/

My original is served at https://stefansundin.github.io/2fa-qr/

The project is licensed under GPLv3 and there is a LICENSE file in the repository. Besides being bad behavior, is this violating the license?

[thesuperbigfrog]

>> Besides being bad behavior, is this violating the license?

Yes. Removing attribution violates the license.

https://github.com/stefansundin/2fa-qr/blob/gh-pages/LICENSE states:

"Permissions of this strong copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights."

By removing attribution, the "Copyright and license notices must be preserved." clause is being violated.