diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 9e7bfa711ca2f8f27ae4fecadd9dd6da5362bf0b..d9e073f44df95da7c9008c9eb8690dec034f554b 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -2975,8 +2975,8 @@ family, or household use. Distributors are only required to provide Installation Information when they convey object code in a User Product. In brief, the right to convey object code in a defined class of ``User -Products,'' under certain circumstances, on providing whatever information is -required to enable a recipient to replace the object code with a functioning +Products,'' under certain circumstances, depends on providing whatever information +is required to enable a recipient to replace the object code with a functioning modified version. This was a compromise that was difficult for the FSF to agree to during the @@ -4280,13 +4280,13 @@ market for Free Software-oriented business models also exists. There is the traditional model of selling copies of Free Software distributions. Many companies make substantial revenue from this model. Some choose this model because they have -found that for higher-end hardware, the cost of the profit made from -proprietary software licensing fees is negligible. The real profit is -in the hardware, but it is essential that software be stable, reliable -and dependable, and the users be allowed to have unfettered access to -it. Free Software, and GPL'd software in particular (because IBM can -be assured that proprietary versions of the same software will not -exist to compete on their hardware) is the right choice. +found that for higher-end hardware, the profit made from proprietary +software licensing fees is negligible. The real profit is in the hardware, +but it is essential that software be stable, reliable and dependable, and +the users be allowed to have unfettered access to it. Free Software, and +GPL'd software in particular (because IBM can be assured that proprietary +versions of the same software will not exist to compete on their hardware) +is the right choice. For example, charging a ``convenience fee'' for Free Software, when set at a reasonable price (around \$60 or so), can produce some