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Re: cdrecord: weird GPL interpretation



Raul Miller <moth@debian.org> writes:

> On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 08:16:27PM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
>> Because "fee" is an English word meaning a payment for a good or
>> service.  It really doesn't mean "money only," in any context where
>> precise language is used.  If I have to perform in some way to obtain
>> a license, then that's a fee.
>> 
>> Do you have a better word, taking brevity and clarity into account?
>
> Requirement.

That's a much broader word.  For example, a license which says I may
only make modifications in French has a requirement, but that is not a
fee.

-Brian

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Brian Sniffen                                       bts@alum.mit.edu



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