From eeee6e0df9596a402fdfb2b691c1df3cee243d05 2014-03-18 22:33:35
From: Bradley M. Kuhn <bkuhn@ebb.org>
Date: 2014-03-18 22:33:35
Subject: [PATCH] Add paragraph regarding Jacobsen.

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diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex
index a6c8a65418474ceb3c2b5c186b5d0a9c325b343b..832764d8a1f778d3ac55a0fb8ba2e4263e2085d7 100644
--- a/gpl-lgpl.tex
+++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex
@@ -1990,6 +1990,14 @@ terms begin to bind you to fair and equitable sharing of the software.  In
 other words, the GPL only kicks in when it needs to for the sake of
 freedom.
 
+While GPL is by default a copyright license, it is certainly still possible
+to consider GPL as a contract as well.  For example, some distributors chose
+to ``wrap'' their software in an acceptance ceremony to GPL, and nothing in
+GPL prohibits that use.  Furthermore, the ruling in \textit{Jacobsen
+  v. Katzer, 535 F.3d 1373, 1380 (Fed.Cir.2008)} indicates that \textbf{both}
+copyright and contractual remedies may be sought by a copyright holder
+seeking to enforce a license designed to uphold software freedom.
+
 \section{Using GPL Both as a Contract and Copyright License}
 
 \section{GPLv2~\S6: GPL, My One and Only}