%% complete the drafting of this license following the release of Draft 3,

%% with a goal of having a final version available by the time of our

%% adoption of the final version of GPLv3.  We hope the new Affero license

%% will satisfy those developers who are concerned about the issue of

%% public use of unconveyed versions but who have concerns about the

%% narrowness of the condition in the existing Affero license.

%% As the second sentence in section 13 indicates, when a combined work is

%% made by linking GPLv3-covered code with Affero-covered code, the

%% copyleft on one part will not extend to the other part.\footnote{The

%% plan is that the additional requirement of the new Affero license will

%% state a reciprocal limitation.} That is to say, in such combinations,

%% the Affero requirement will apply only to the part that was brought into

%% the combination under the Affero license.  Those who receive such a

%% combination and do not wish to use code under the Affero requirement may

%% remove the Affero-covered portion of the combination.

Meanwhile, those who criticize the permission to link with code under the Affero

GPL should recognize that most other free software licenses also permit

such linking. 

\section{GPLv3~\S14: So, When's GPLv4?}

\label{GPLv3s14}

No substantive change has been made in section 14. The wording of the section

has been revised slightly to make it clearer.

\section{GPLv3~\S15--17: Warranty Disclaimers and Liability Limitation}

No substantive changes have been made in sections 15 and 16.

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% FIXME: Section header needed here about choice of law.

% FIXME: reword into tutorial

Some have asked us to address the difficulties of internationalization

by including, or permitting the inclusion of, a choice of law

provision.  We maintain that this is the wrong approach.  Free

software licenses should not contain choice of law clauses, for both

legal and pragmatic reasons.  Choice of law clauses are creatures of

contract, but the substantive rights granted by the GPL are defined

under applicable local copyright law. Contractual free software

licenses can operate only to diminish these rights.  Choice of law

clauses also raise complex questions of interpretation when works of

software are created by combination and extension.  There is also the

real danger that a choice of law clause will specify a jurisdiction

that is hostile to free software principles.