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@@ -2573,14 +2573,14 @@ 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.
 
-Large enterprise users of free software often contract with non-employee
-developers, often working offsite, to make modifications intended for
-the user's private or internal use, and often arrange with other
-companies to operate their data centers.  Whether GPLv2 permits these
-activities is not clear and may depend on variations in copyright law.
-The practices seem basically harmless, so we have decided to make it
-clear they are permitted.
-
+The FSF was specifically asked to add this ``contractors provisions'' by
+large enterprise users of Free Software, who often contract with non-employee
+developers, working offsite, to make modifications intended for the user's
+private or internal use, and often arrange with other companies to operate
+their data centers.  Whether GPLv2 permits these activities is not clear and
+may depend on variations in copyright law in different jurisdictions.  The
+practices seem basically harmless, so FSF decided to make it clear they are
+permitted.
 
 GPLv3~\S2's final paragraph includes an explicit prohibition of sublicensing.
 This provision ensures that GPL enforcement is always by the copyright