Merritt L. Perkins wrote:
I am confused by the discussions of,” Fair Use”. What does the term mean? What are they talking about?
If I describe an automobile as “ A motor vehicle for transporting people." you know that it is not an advertising sign or some kind of computer program. You can proceed to add more details.
Does” Fair Use” mean the use that a program is intended for; the use that a person can properly make of a program?
What does the acronym GFDL stand for?
This was dictated with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 7 Preferred and read by Jennifer.
Merritt L. Perkins
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Given that this is a mailing list used to discuss the matters which arise on a free /encyclopaedia/ I don't think it's remiss of me to say you should perhaps look these terms up first? Since you're using a speech recognition program, I'll presume you require it, and that entering individual URLs may be difficult; I have a bookmarklet set in mozilla (http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?search=%s&go=Go) which allows me to type "wiki term I wish to look up"; this brings me directly to the page, if one exists under that title, otherwise it brings me to the search page. Using this I find: The *fair use* doctrine http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctrine is a body of law http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law and court decisions http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_decision which provide limitations and exceptions to copyright http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limitations_and_exceptions_to_copyright. and: The *GNU Free Documentation License* (GFDL) is a copyleft http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft license for free content http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_content, designed by the Free Software Foundation http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation (FSF) for the GNU http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU project.