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Re:80286 ATX mainboard based on the IBM 5170 AT PC by Brian_K_White on Thursday November 14, 2024 @08:13PM (#42143042)
The readme stipulates several things which are allowed and not allowed. They are not disclaimers nor advice as worded when I read them. You can't ignore any stated terms and conditions you don't like. The terms an conditions apply no matter where they are written. The readme is no different than any other file, like for example comments in a random source file.

I did not say anything about attribution. GPL3 already requires attribution and is not a problem. Similarly my suggested CC-BY-SA includes BY.

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Re:80286 ATX mainboard based on the IBM 5170 AT PC by Gormo on Friday November 15, 2024 @10:20PM (#42153854)
> The readme stipulates several things which are allowed and not allowed.

I mean, not really -- it's mostly just a big disclaimer of liability, and the only time it uses the phrase "not permitted", it's also just amounts to another disclaimer of liability in that it's saying that it's "not permitted" to use the product without assuming full responsibility for the associated risks.

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