On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 02:33:47AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Now, maybe the latter is what Trolltech *means*, but it's not what the > license *says*. When we've got representatives of the FSF asserting > that there is no fair use right to private modification because of the > _Texaco_ case, I'd say the safe bet is to: > > 1) get clarification from the licensor; and > 2) get the license clarified and ensure that it respects the fair use > right to private modification. The distinction between these two, in case anyone doesn't understand, is that 1) refers to a specific copyright holder's interpretation of the license. 2) fixes most or all instances of the license to ensure that it is not creatively interpreted in a way that abrogates Fair Use rights. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | If existence exists, branden@debian.org | why create a creator? http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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