Changeset - 484ca88b811b
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donaldr3 - 10 years ago 2014-03-21 22:40:50
donald@copyrighteous.office.fsf.org
remove extra words
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gpl-lgpl.tex
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@@ -3192,13 +3192,13 @@ permissions no longer apply to the modified version, and only the terms of
 
the GPL apply to it.
 

	
 
In its treatment of terms that impose additional requirements, GPLv3\S7
 
extends the range of licensing terms with which the GPL is compatible.  An
 
added part carrying additional requirements may be combined with GPL'd code,
 
but only if those requirements belong to an set enumerated in GPLv3\S7. There
 
are, of course,  limits on the acceptable additional requirements, which to
 
are, of course,  limits on the acceptable additional requirements, which 
 
ensures that enhanced license compatibility does not
 
defeat the broader software-freedom-defending terms of the GPL\@. Unlike terms that grant
 
additional permissions, terms that impose additional requirements cannot be
 
removed by a downstream user of the combined GPL'd work, because only in the
 
pathological case\footnote{Theoretically, a user could collect copyright
 
  assignment from all known contributors and then do this, but this would
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@@ -3240,13 +3240,13 @@ copied, modified, sublicensed, or distributed a work in violation of the
 
license.  Automatic termination can be too harsh for those who have committed
 
an inadvertent violation, particularly in cases involving distribution of
 
large collections of software having numerous copyright holders.  A violator
 
who resumes compliance with GPLv2 technically needs to obtain forgiveness
 
from all copyright holders, and even contacting them all might be impossible.
 

	
 
GPLv3~\S8 replaces now grants opportunities for provisional and permanent
 
GPLv3~\S8 now grants opportunities for provisional and permanent
 
reinstatement of rights. The termination procedure provides a limited
 
opportunity to cure license violations.  If a licensee has committed a
 
first-time violation of the GPL with respect to a given copyright holder, but
 
the licensee cures the violation within 30 days following receipt of notice
 
of the violation, then any of the licensee's GPL rights that have been
 
terminated by the copyright holder are ``automatically reinstated''.
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