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Re: A possible GFDL compromise



On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 02:32:27AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
> On 2003-08-28 01:28:54 +0100 Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> 
> wrote:
> >"Enjoy" is not a term I would use to describe the process of
> >experiencing, say, Derrida's _Limited Inc._, but if that work were
> >freely licensed, I would certainly be able to access, read, and
> >otherwise "use" it.
> 
> The trouble is to exclude "use" in the "fair use" sense of copying it 
> for republication.  "Enjoy" seemed a good word, as in "right to quiet 
> enjoyment" that is a fairly unrelated legal phrase.  Probably there's 
> a better one.

I'd go back to "use".

I don't consider it free documentation unless I can print it out, bind
it in hardcover, and launch it as a ballistic weapon.

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