From faf09497055c7c4b7cd38d9e046b19c879bf392a 2014-02-20 14:38:48 From: Bradley M. Kuhn Date: 2014-02-20 14:38:48 Subject: [PATCH] Update Section headers for LGPL to include details about LGPLv3. My plan is to make interweave discussion of LGPLv2 and LGPLv3 together in this section. --- diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index e48ab0deefc6d75bae5bfabeb831b2523931c7a3..121c71c922b26b0d8c9181c635c440a745a6215a 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -2093,7 +2093,7 @@ allows. In LGPL, we want to draw a line that allows some derivative works copyright law would otherwise prohibit if the copyright holder exercised his full permitted controls over the work. -\section{A Work that Uses the Library} +\section{An Application: A Work that Uses the Library} In the effort to allow certain proprietary derivative works and prohibit others, LGPL distinguishes between two classes of derivative works: @@ -2182,7 +2182,7 @@ answer to the second question is ``yes,'' then an investigation into whether or not \worki{} is in fact a ``work based on the library'' is warranted. -\section{A Work Based on the Library} +\section{The Library, and Works Based On It} In short, a ``work based on the library'' could be defined as any derivative work of LGPL'd software that cannot otherwise fit the @@ -2228,7 +2228,7 @@ considered independently and the LGPL applied to each work as prescribed. -\section{Subtleties in Works that Use the Library} +\section{Subtleties in Defining the Application} In our discussion of the definition of ``works that use the library,'' we left out a few more complex details that relate to lower-level programming @@ -2287,7 +2287,7 @@ level of verbatim code copying that a compiler often does, and to help them understand that the full implications of LGPL are the same regardless of the details of the compilation progress. -\section{LGPL \S 6: Distributing Works that Use the Library} +\section{LGPLv2 \S 6 & LGPLv3 \S 5: Combining the Works} \label{lgpl-section-6} Now that we have established a good working definition of works that ``use'' and works that ``are based on'' the library, we will consider the @@ -2337,7 +2337,7 @@ not permit us in this course to go into those additional options. In almost all cases of distribution under LGPL, either \S 6(a) or \S 6(b) are exercised. -\section{Distribution of Works Based on the Library} +\section{Distribution of the Combined Works} Essentially, ``works based on the library'' must be distributed under the same conditions as works under full GPL\@. In fact, we note that LGPL's