On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 12:03 AM Aaron Liu <aaronliu0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How do "home backups" fall under fair-use? How can you maintain > plausible deniability when there's an entire AUR request IRC discussion > and mailing list chain about it? > > Discs don't last forever. How do home backups *not* fall under fair use? I read the plausible deniability comment as a criticism of the attitude that led to the IRC / list discussion being started in the first place. On 2023/9/26 20:32, David C. Rankin wrote: > > On 9/26/23 13:11, netsysf...@das-labor.org wrote: > >> There are two reasons for the deletion: > >> 1. Legality of home backups. Though we have stuff like popcorntime in > >> the AUR or even whipper in extra, so it should not matter. > > > > Fair-use prevails. > > > >> 2. Bad licensing. > >> > > > > Plausible deniability > > >
