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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-18 20:42:04
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Wordsmithing and typo fixes.

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@@ ... / @@ -1018,21 +1018,21 @@ to run specifically by stating the following: @@
 Thus, users are explicitly given the freedom to run by \S 0.
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 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
 software work under copyright law.  However, no copyright license --- not
 even the GNU GPL --- can be blamed for this.  Legislators and court
 opinions must give us guidance to decide the border cases.

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