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Comment by andsoitis

6 days ago

> If copyright law were fixed, we wouldn't need those terms at all.

Why do you think so?

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Kim_Bruning  4 days ago

Because > 'The licensing terms exist as a patch on copyright.'

Upstreaming a patch implies you no longer need to maintain it.

Law doesn't quite work the same as software, but in this case the metaphor holds.

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