BSD-like licenses and the OSI approval process

[Matthew Flaschen]

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