Re: Linux and GPLv2#
On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 09:34:42PM +0100, Anthony W. Youngman wrote:
> In message <[🔎] 20050328184352.GH1370@zewt.org>, Glenn Maynard
> <glenn@zewt.org> writes
> >On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 01:30:16PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote:
> >>Andrew seems to avoid Red Herring arguments more than I.
> >
> >I asked for the rationale behind his calling fair use a "perversion",
> >and he refused to supply one. It's that simple. (The only reason
> >I can find is that he had no reason; he just attacks things--people
> >and laws alike--out of sheer habit, not for any particular reason.)
>
> I thought he gave a simple answer - if he tried (or I tried) to claim
> "fair use" in court, the judge would simply reply "what's that?" and
> then convict us of copyright "theft".
I didn't ask why fair use isn't useful for Debian. I knew the answer to
that long before this thread. I asked him why he considers fair use itself
to be a bad thing.
--
Glenn Maynard
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