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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 9 years ago 2015-03-10 02:03:53
bkuhn@ebb.org
"by definition" is clearer here than "by default"

There's probably another phrase we could use that's even better.
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@@ -2458,13 +2458,13 @@ due to (in some cases) mere laziness and (in other cases) policy preference
 
for some of GPLv2's terms and/or policy opposition to GPLv3's terms.
 

	
 
Given this ``two GPLs world'' is reality, it makes sense to consider GPLv3 in
 
terms of how it differs from GPLv2.  Also, most of the best GPL experts in
 
the world must deal regularly with both licenses, and admittedly have decades
 
of experience with GPLv2 while the most experience with GPLv3 that's possible
 
is by default less than a decade.  These two factors usually cause even new
 
is by definition less than a decade.  These two factors usually cause even new
 
students of GPL to start with GPLv2 and move on to GPLv3, and this tutorial
 
follows that pattern.
 

	
 
Overall, the changes made in GPLv3 admittedly \textit{increased} the
 
complexity of the license.  The FSF stated at the start of the GPLv3 process
 
that they would have liked to oblige those who have asked for a simpler and
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