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Originally Posted by roguerouge  I'm not sure why you'd care about free or licensable; you're pretty clearly fair use due to the project's educational character. |
Well two reasons, really.
The first is that my school is more likely to approve of the dissertation the less they have to fear (including irrational fears) about getting sued.
The second is that if this program becomes something that can actually help people, I'd want to make it available publicly (moreso than just as a dissertation from the database). If that was the case, I'd get it published, and once this happened, it might fall out of fair use. (Not that I'm trying to get rich off of this idea, but if it becomes something that can be used by professionals or parents, I'd like there to be a way to get it to them, and I do believe in being paid for hard work...which this will certainly be as well).
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