6. Attribution Rights

Both OSL and AFL

You must retain, in the Source Code of any Derivative Works that You create, all copyright, patent or trademark notices from the Source Code of the Original Work, as well as any notices of licensing and any descriptive text identified therein as an “Attribution Notice.” You must cause the Source Code for any Derivative Works that You create to carry a prominent Attribution Notice reasonably calculated to inform recipients that You have modified the Original Work.

Section 6 of the OSL/AFL is intended to protect the reputations of contributors and distributors as their Original Works are copied, modified, and distributed by downstream licen-sees.

Note that this provision deals with the Source Code of the ...

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