Re: GPL only modules

[Sanjoy Mahajan]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> That said, I think they are still pushing the "you don't have any
> rights unless we give you additional rights explicitly" angle a bit
> too hard.

>From section 2 (GPLv3, draft 2):

 This License acknowledges your rights of "fair use" or other
 equivalent, as provided by copyright law. 

By choosing 'acknowledges' as the verb, the licensee says explicitly
that fair-use rights are already yours, not that they are being given
to you.

-Sanjoy

`Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.'
         --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.
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