BSD-like licenses and the OSI approval process
Matthew Flaschen
matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Tue Oct 16 21:25:14 UTC 2007
Alexander Terekhov wrote:
>>> Heck, but "first sale" is NOT equivalent to "fair use" or "fair
>>> dealing" (a kind of equivalent to "fair use").
>> "First sale" is not identical to "fair use", but it's equivalent in the
>> sense used here.
>
> Okay, you suggest that I should read
>
> "This License acknowledges your rights of fair use or other
> equivalent, as provided by copyright law."
>
> as
>
> "This License acknowledges all limitations on exclusive rights as
> provided by copyright law."
As you know, these statements have effectively the same meaning.
> and that it overrides all other statements in the GPL contradicting it
Again, this is obvious.
Matt Flaschen
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