On Friday 27 January 2006 20:29, Michael Poole wrote:
> There's little or no evidence that requiring creators of a derivative
> of some software to identify themselves would prevent a free use of
> the software.  Does that mean the Dissident test is irrelevant?

Yeah, since the dissident test has nothing do to with the DFSG, except by 
quite a big a stretch of the imagination.

Not to say it's not a valuable thought experiment in some cases, but it sure 
isn't the great canonical test that some people here seem to think it is.

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