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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-11-09 17:20:32
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A few FIXMEs for formatting hacks.

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 % comprehensive-gpl-guide.tex                                    -*- LaTeX -*-
+%
 % Toplevel file to build the entire book.
 \documentclass[10pt, letterpaper, openany, oneside]{book}
 % I'm somewhat convinced that this book would be better formatted using
 %  the memoir class :
 %    http://www.ctan.org/pkg/memoir
 %   http://mirror.unl.edu/ctan/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/memman.pdf
 % For the moment, I've thrown in fancychap because I don't have time to
 % research memoir.
 % FIXME: Some overall formatting hacks that would really help:
 %   * I have started using  \hyperref[LABEL]{text} extensively, which seems
 %     to work great in the PDF and HTML versions, but in the Postscript
 %     version, the link lost entirely.  I think we need an additional command
 %     to replace \hyperref which takes an optional third argument that will
 %     insert additional text only when generating print versions, such as:
 %      \newhyperref[GPLv2s3]{the requirements for binary distribution under
 %      GPLv2}{(see section~\ref*{GPLv2s3} for more information)}
+%
 %     This is a careful balance, because it'd be all too easy to over-pepper
 %     the printed version with back/forward references, but there are
 %     probably times when this is useful.
 %   * Similar issue: \href{} is well known not to carry the URLs in the print
 %     versions.  Adding a footnote with the URL for the print version is
 %     probably right.  (or maybe a References page?)
 \usepackage{hyperref}
 \usepackage{listings}
 \usepackage{enumerate}
 \usepackage[Conny]{fncychap}
 \usepackage[dvips]{graphicx}
 \usepackage[verbose, twoside, dvips,
               paperwidth=8.5in, paperheight=11in,
               left=1in, right=1in, top=1.25in, bottom=.75in,
            ]{geometry}
 \newcommand{\tutorialpartsplit}[2]{#2}
 %\input{no-numbers-on-table-of-contents}
 \hypersetup{pdfinfo={Title={Copyleft and the GNU General Public License: A Comprehensive Tutorial and Guide}}}
     \begin{document}
 \pagestyle{plain}
 \pagenumbering{roman}
 \frontmatter
 \begin{titlepage}
 \begin{center}
 {\Huge
 {\sc Copyleft and the  \\
 GNU General Public License:
 \vspace{.25in}
 A Comprehensive Tutorial \\
 and Guide
 }}
 \vfill
 {\parindent 0in
 \begin{tabbing}
 Copyright \= \copyright{} 2003--2007, 2014 \hspace{1.mm} \=  \kill
 Copyright \> \copyright{} 2014 \>  Bradley M. Kuhn. \\
 Copyright \> \copyright{} 2014 \>  Anthony K. Sebro, Jr. \\
 Copyright \= \copyright{} 2014 \> Denver Gingerich \\
 Copyright \= \copyright{} 2003--2007, 2014 \> \hspace{.2in} Free Software Foundation, Inc. \\
 Copyright \> \copyright{} 2008 \>  Software Freedom Law Center. \\
 \end{tabbing}
 \vspace{.3in}
 The copyright holders hereby grant the freedom to copy, modify, convey,
 Adapt, and/or redistribute this work under the terms of the Creative Commons
 Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International License.  A copy of that license is
 available at \url{https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode}.
 Each part of this book, except the appendix, is separately under this same
 license, but copyrighted by different entities at different times.  Each part
 therefore also contains its own copyright and licensing notice.  The notice
 above is for the entire work, and includes the full copyright and licensing
 details, except for the appendix.
 The appendix includes copies of the texts of various licenses published
 by the FSF, and they are all licensed under the license, ``Everyone is permitted
 to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing
 it is not allowed.''.  However, those who seek to make modified versions of
 those licenses should note the
 \href{https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifyGPL}{explanation given in the GPL FAQ}.
 \vfill
 Patches are welcome to this material.  Sources can be found in the Git
 repository at: \url{https://gitorious.org/gpl-compliance-tools/tutorial/}
+}
 \end{center}
 \end{titlepage}
 \tableofcontents
 \chapter{Preface}
 This tutorial is the culmination of nearly a decade of studying and writing
 about software freedom licensing and the GPL\@.  Each part of this tutorial
 is a course unto itself, educating the reader on a myriad of topics from the
 deep details of the GPLv2 and GPLv3, common business models in the copyleft
 licensing area (both the friendly and unfriendly kind), best practices for
 compliance with the GPL, for engineers, managers, and lawyers, as well as
 real-world case studies of GPL enforcement matters.
 It is unlikely that all the information herein is necessary to learn all at
 once, and therefore this tutorial likely serves best as a reference book.
 The material herein has been used as the basis for numerous live tutorials
 and discussion groups since 2002, and the materials have been periodically
 updated.   They likely stand on their own as excellent reference material.
 However, if you are reading these course materials without attending a live
 tutorial session, please note that this material is merely a summary of the
 highlights of the various CLE and other tutorial courses based on this
 material.  Please be aware that during the actual courses, class discussion
 and presentation supplements this printed curriculum.  Simply reading this
 material is \textbf{not an equivalent} for attending a course.
 \mainmatter
 \input{gpl-lgpl}
 \input{compliance-guide}
 \input{enforcement-case-studies}
 \appendix
 \input{license-texts}
 \end{document}

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