From 595c64c158785402f1d675f11ba7840bfc030a3f 2014-03-21 01:14:20 From: Bradley M. Kuhn Date: 2014-03-21 01:14:20 Subject: [PATCH] Wordsmith paragraph. --- diff --git a/compliance-guide.tex b/compliance-guide.tex index 33d6c8f78226984fe2903f19d96e5319755927af..14d783a5a1bcff89fa1b5ae3622cf4cf382bb13e 100644 --- a/compliance-guide.tex +++ b/compliance-guide.tex @@ -128,12 +128,15 @@ software.\footnote{This document addresses compliance with GPLv2, Political discussion about the GPL often centers around the ``copyleft'' requirements of the license. Indeed, the license was designed primarily to embody this licensing feature. Most companies adding non-trivial -features (beyond mere porting and bug-fixing) to GPL'd software, and -thereby implicating these requirements, are already well aware of their -more complex obligations under the license.\footnote{There has been much legal +features (beyond mere porting and bug-fixing) to GPL'd software (and +thereby invoking these requirements) are already well aware of their +more complex obligations under the license.\footnote{While, there has been much legal discussion regarding copyleft and derivative works. In practical reality, this issue is not relevant to the vast majority of companies - distributing GPL'd software.} + distributing GPL'd software. Those interested in this issue should study + \tutorialpartsplit{\texit{Detailed Analysis of the GNU GPL and Related + Licenses}'s Section on derivative works}{\S~\ref{derivative-works} of + this tutorial}.} However, in our experience with GPL enforcement, few redistributors' compliance challenges relate directly to the copyleft provisions; this is diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 720e1c903c2b38f7c5d4c97587b59c60fdbd8a58..041ce940b9c0bb81dc7eb9910054feddee176f8f 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -1113,6 +1113,7 @@ on making a profit from Free Software redistribution.) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \chapter{Derivative Works: Statute and Case Law} +\label{derivative-works} We digress for this chapter from our discussion of GPL's exact text to consider the matter of derivative works --- a concept that we must