diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 7ce5866ca9bb523c79720e729a911582676ed783..0e9f417049cc3547d4714d71e6ffc6cc0a70fff4 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -2566,14 +2566,13 @@ to downstream users or customers. By making the limits on this provision very narrow, GPLv3 ensures that, in all other cases, contractors gets the full freedoms of the GPL that they deserve. -% FIXME: transition, and some word smith - -The explicit prohibition of sublicensing ensures that enforcement of the GPL -is always by the copyright holder. Usually, sublicensing is regarded as a -practical convenience or necessity for the licensee, to avoid having to -negotiate a license with each licensor in a chain of distribution. The GPL -solves this problem in another way, through its automatic licensing -provision. +GPLv3~\S2's final paragraph includes an explicit prohibition of sublicensing. +This provision ensures that GPL enforcement is always by the copyright +holder. Usually, sublicensing is regarded as a practical convenience or +necessity for the licensee, to avoid having to negotiate a license with each +licensor in a chain of distribution. The GPL solves this problem in another +way --- through its automatic licensing provision found in GPLv3\~S10 (which +is discussed in more detail in \S\~ref{GPLv3s10} of this tutorial). % FIXME: new section here, just to talk DRM before the other section.