regardless of whether copyright law would otherwise restrict those activities.

Discussion of the various types of fair use activity are beyond the scope of

this tutorial.  However, one important example of fair use is the right to

discussing potential improvements or changes to Free Software.

Fair use is a doctrine established by the courts or by statute.  By

many users.  An example of unregulated use is reading a printout of the

program's source code like an instruction book for the purpose of learning

how to be a better programmer.  The right to read something that you have

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