BSD / GPL compatibility

David Johnson arandir at meer.net
Wed Feb 16 07:19:51 UTC 2000


On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Alex Nicolaou wrote:

> In general, any "meta-use" of a portion of the source code should be
> acceptable, that is, any re-use of a portion of the code whose purpose
> is to provide commentary or insight into the original and not replace
> the use or function of the original.

Excellent! That just about sums up Fair Use in relation to software.

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