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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-18 20:42:04
bkuhn@ebb.org
Wordsmithing and typo fixes.
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@@ -1021,15 +1021,15 @@ Thus, users are explicitly given the freedom to run by \S 0.
 

	
 
The bulk of \S 0 not yet discussed gives definitions for other terms used
 
throughout.  The only one worth discussing in detail is ``work based on
 
the Program.''  The reason this definition is particularly interesting is
 
the Program''.  The reason this definition is particularly interesting is
 
not for the definition itself, which is rather straightforward, but
 
because it clears up a common misconception about the GPL\@.
 

	
 
The GPL is often mistakenly criticized because it fails to give a
 
definition of ``derivative work.''  In fact, it would be incorrect and
 
definition of ``derivative work''.  In fact, it would be incorrect and
 
problematic if the GPL attempted to define this.  A copyright license, in
 
fact, has no control over what may or may not be a derivative work.  This
 
matter is left up to copyright law, not the licenses that utilize it.
 
matter is left up to copyright law and the courts --- not the licenses that utilize it.
 

	
 
It is certainly true that copyright law as a whole does not propose clear
 
and straightforward guidelines for what is and is not a derivative
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