docs: stop prescribing a form section 5a does not require (#7193)

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James Rich authored and GitHub committed 2026-09-16 15:22:09 -05:00
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@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Forking, rebranding, and selling this app are allowed by its GPL-3.0-or-later li
- **License:** Your version stays GPL-3.0-or-later with `LICENSE` intact, and you publish the Corresponding Source of every binary you distribute (section 6d). Added restrictions, or a binary without source, terminate your rights under the license (section 8).
- **Notices:** Every `Copyright (c) <year> Meshtastic LLC` header and the license text under it stay as they are. The templates in `config/spotless/` and `config/detekt/license.template` are the notice, not a placeholder for your own.
- **Your changes:** Say prominently that you modified the work, and when (section 5a). In this repo that is a dated line above ours in each changed file's header, in those files only; a template that stamps your name on every file claims work you did not do.
- **Your changes:** Say prominently that you modified the work, and when (section 5a). Stamping your name on files you did not touch claims work you did not do.
- **Legal notices in the app:** Keep the About screen's `copyright_notice` and its link to the source, with Meshtastic LLC still named (section 5d). Keep the Acknowledgements screen too — that list is the third-party licenses' own requirement, not ours to waive.
- **Trademarks:** The GPL grants no trademark rights. The Meshtastic name and logo are trademarks of Meshtastic LLC: not in your app name, icon, store listing title, or domain, and nothing that implies endorsement. Replace `app_name` and the launcher icons under `androidApp/src/main/`. The logo in `.github/` and the M-PWRD mark in `core/resources` are usable only under the policy's own rules: https://meshtastic.org/docs/legal/licensing-and-trademark/
- **Compatibility claims:** "Works with Meshtastic® nodes" or "a fork of Meshtastic-Android" is fine, with ® on first mention, the line "Meshtastic® is a registered trademark of Meshtastic LLC", a statement that your product is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Meshtastic project, and, as the policy asks, the URL sent to trademark@meshtastic.org within seven days of first use.
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@@ -135,9 +135,7 @@ conditions, and renaming, moving files, or regenerating headers does not remove
a binary without source, terminate your rights under the license (section 8).
- **Keep the notices.** Every `Copyright (c) <year> Meshtastic LLC` header and the license
text under it stay as they are. Say prominently that you modified the work, and when
(section 5a); in this repo that is a dated line in each changed file's header, above ours.
Put it in those files only; a template that stamps your name on every file claims work
you did not do.
(section 5a). Stamping your name on files you did not touch claims work you did not do.
- **Keep the legal notices in the app.** Keep the About screen's copyright notice and its
link to the source, with Meshtastic LLC still named (section 5d). Keep the
Acknowledgements screen too — that list is the third-party licenses' own requirement,