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Date:      Thu, 20 Feb 2003 22:08:44 +0000
From:      Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com>
Cc:        Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.org>, Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>, Pat Lathem <plathem@ivestnw.net>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Copying of Developer's Guide
Message-ID:  <20030220220844.GK6403@clan.nothing-going-on.org>
In-Reply-To: <fwk7fw2bkz.7fw@localhost.localdomain>
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On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 01:40:44PM -0800, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
> Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> 
> > Just to be explicit, we could slightly expand point 2;
> > 
> >   2.  Redistribution in compiled form (...), or in print, must
> >       reproduce, ...
> 
> That's explicit, but it's not the explicit license asked for.
> Reproduction and public distribution are separate copyrights under US
> copyright law (as is derivation).  Printers might not be willing to find
> a license to "reproduce in printed form" in the word "use".
> 
> According to the OP, the conditions are clearly being met, so changing
> them might be insufficient.  It's the first paragraph that seems to be
> the stumbling block.
> 
> I'd like to propose a fix, but IANAL.

Me either.  But does

   2.  Reproduction or redistribution in print or compiled form, must
       ...

sound better?

N
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