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Re: [Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>] Re: Debian & BSD concerns



Bruce Sass writes:
> If I was the license holder I would be arguing that the work is a
> derivative, void of originality...

You would lose.

> or am I thinking more of patent issues...

You are.  A patent protects against independent invention.  A copyright
does not.
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