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Re: DRAFT: debian-legal summary of the QPL



Matthew Garrett wrote:

>>Would you argue that a requirement to send modifications upstream that
>>are not distributed at all would be Free?  If not, then why should that
>>change if you distribute the software privately to one other person?
> 
> No, since undistributed modification is protected by fair use in many
> places.
Not the US.  (If it involves the creation of copies, as it does in all
software-related examples.)

> Attempting to restrict something that's commonly legal would be 
> outside the bounds of a free license.

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There are none so blind as those who will not see.



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