We study the propositional logic scriptSdouble-struckDN$\mathcal {S}_\mathbb {DN}$ associated with the variety of distributive nearlattices DN$\mathbb {DN}$. We prove that the logic scriptSdouble-struckDN$\mathcal {S}_\mathbb {DN}$ coincides with the assertional logic associated with the variety DN$\mathbb {DN}$ and with the order‐based logic associated with DN$\mathbb {DN}$. We obtain a characterization of the reduced matrix models of logic scriptSdouble-struckDN$\mathcal {S}_\mathbb {DN}$. We develop a connection between the logic scriptSdouble-struckDN$\mathcal {S}_\mathbb {DN}$ and the false{∧,∨,⊤false}$\lbrace \wedge ,\vee ,\top \rbrace$‐fragment of classical logic. Finally, we present two Hilbert‐style axiomatizations for the logic scriptSdouble-struckDN$\mathcal {S}_\mathbb {DN}$.