On Fri, 2023-02-24 at 11:37 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > As a general principle, as a free software advocate, I approve of an > expansive definition of fair use and believe that far more uses of > copyrighted material should be fair use than are normally considered fair > use today. Expansive definitions of fair use are a key legal component to > enabling reverse engineering and compatible replacement of non-free > software with free software, for example. I note that fair use isn't a worldwide concept and other parts of the world have the more varied and restricted concept of "fair dealing". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use#Influence_internationally https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_dealing So, as much as possible, we should try not to rely on fair use. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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