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> The best way to avoid any such issue is to contribute changes to the upstream project, which is our goal with the choice of license.

This I understand. But it doesn't really address Martin's worry about an accidental modification. Or apparent confusion about what constitutes modification.



There's no accidental modification.

> Not true. There is no need to accept the license if you exercise only your statutory rights, which in many jurisdictions includes the right to run the program and to patch it if necessary (e.g., for compatibility with other programs).


Interesting. Do you have any clarification about which these "many" jurisdictions are? Like, can we expect this to be the case in most of the world?




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