On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 07:19:35PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:39:49 +0200 Arnoud Engelfriet wrote:

> [...]
> > excellent explanation!

> In other words, IIUC, this clause seems to try and limit the harms done
> by some idiotic laws.
> The license would *not* be *less* restrictive without this clause.

> Is that correct?

Yes, that's correct.  Without this clause, laws would still exist that would
empower certain groups to collect royalties on behalf of copyright holders
for certain uses of works.

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