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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-20 20:22:24
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@@ -2900,30 +2900,24 @@ its CCS are publicly available at no charge under subsection GPLv3~\S6(d).
 
The CCS therefore need not be provided through the peer-to-peer system that
 
was used for providing the binary.
 

	
 
Second, GPLv3\S9 also clarifies that ancillary propagation of a covered work
 
that occurs as part of the process of peer-to-peer file transmission does not
 
require acceptance, just as mere receipt and execution of the Program does
 
not require acceptance.  Such ancillary propagation is permitted without
 
limitation or further obligation.
 

	
 
% FIXME-LATER: Would be nice to explain much more about interactions between
 
% the various options of GPLv3~\S6(a-e), which might all be in play at once!
 

	
 
%  FIXME: Not final paragraph anymore. 
 

	
 
The final paragraph of section 6 takes account of the fact that the Complete
 
Corresponding Source Code may include added parts that carry non-GPL terms,
 
as permitted by section 7.
 

	
 
% FIXME: update lock-down section to work with more recent drafts
 

	
 
Though the definition of Complete Corresponding Source Code in the second
 
paragraph of section 1 is expansive, it is not sufficient to protect users'
 
freedoms in many circumstances. For example, a GPL'd program, or a modified
 
version of such a program, might need to be signed with a key or authorized
 
with a code in order for it to run on a particular machine and function
 
properly. Similarly, a program that produces digitally-restricted files might
 
require a decryption code in order to read the output.
 

	
 
The third paragraph of section 1 addresses this problem by making clear that
 
Complete Corresponding Source Code includes any such encryption,
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