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Re: Final Draft: Interpretive Guideline regarding DFSG clause 3



Branden Robinson wrote:
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> 
> 1) A copyright holder is permitted to withhold permission to modify or
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> END OF PROPOSAL

> While this is not a Policy proposal or a General Resolution, and thus
> does not require seconds, I am seeking seconds for this proposal as a
> means of gauging its level of acceptance.

I can second this.

-- 
see shy jo



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