Copyleft/guide Changeset - 70772b5f7168

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@@ -350,3 +350,3 @@ software secret.

Copyright is not a natural state, it is a legal construction. In the US, the

Copyright is not a natural state, it is a legal construction. In the USA, the

Constitution permits, but does not require, the creation of copyright law as

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@@ -371,3 +371,3 @@ covered by that legal system.  However, it is possible to move software out

of the domain of the copyright system.  A copyright holder can often

\defn{disclaim} their copyright (for example, under US copyright law

\defn{disclaim} their copyright (for example, under USA copyright law

it is possible for a copyright holder to engage in conduct resulting

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@@ -2251,3 +2251,3 @@ Notices''.

Although the definition of ``work based on the Program'' made use of a legal

term of art, ``derivative work,'' peculiar to US copyright law, we did not

term of art, ``derivative work,'' peculiar to USA copyright law, we did not

believe that this presented difficulties as significant as those associated

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@@ -2256,3 +2256,3 @@ concepts corresponding to the derivative work are recognized in all copyright

law systems.  That these counterpart concepts might differ to some degree in

scope and breadth from the US derivative work was simply a consequence of

scope and breadth from the USA derivative work was simply a consequence of

varying national treatment of the right of altering a copyrighted work.

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@@ -2262,4 +2262,4 @@ varying national treatment of the right of altering a copyrighted work.

Ironically, the criticism we have received regarding the use of

US-specific legal terminology in the ``work based on the Program''

definition has come not primarily from readers outside the US, but

USA-specific legal terminology in the ``work based on the Program''

definition has come not primarily from readers outside the USA, but

from those within it, and particularly from members of the technology

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@@ -2267,3 +2267,3 @@ licensing bar.  They have argued that the definition of ``work based

on the Program'' effectively misstates what a derivative work is under

US law, and they have contended that it attempts, by indirect means,

USA law, and they have contended that it attempts, by indirect means,

to extend the scope of copyleft in ways they consider undesirable.

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@@ -2271,3 +2271,3 @@ They have also asserted that it confounds the concepts of derivative

and collective works, two terms of art that they assume, questionably,

to be neatly disjoint under US law.

to be neatly disjoint under USA law.

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@@ -2341,3 +2341,3 @@ copies within an organization.  In many countries the term ``making available

to the public'' or ``communicating to the public'' is the closest counterpart

to the generalized notion of distribution that exists under US law.

to the generalized notion of distribution that exists under USA law.

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@@ -2366,3 +2366,3 @@ transfers of copies of software in behavioral rather than statutory terms.

At the same time, we have acknowledged the use of ``making available to the

public'' in jurisdictions outside the US by adding it as a specific example

public'' in jurisdictions outside the USA by adding it as a specific example

in the definition of ``propagate.'' We decided to leave the precise