Copyleft/guide Changeset - e8a8778ae5ec

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@@ -1343,6 +1343,6 @@ The First Circuit has taken the position that the AFC test is inapplicable

when the works in question relate to unprotectable elements set forth in

\S 102(b).  Their approach results in a much narrower definition

\S~102(b).  Their approach results in a much narrower definition

of derivative work for software in comparison to other circuits. Specifically,

the

First Circuit holds that ``method of operation,'' as used in \S 102(b) of

First Circuit holds that ``method of operation,'' as used in \S~102(b) of

the Copyright Act, refers to the means by which users operate

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@@ -1357,3 +1357,3 @@ form the basis for a determination that one work is a derivative of

another.  As a result, courts in the First Circuit that apply the AFC test

do so only after applying a broad interpretation of \S 102(b) to filter out

do so only after applying a broad interpretation of \S~102(b) to filter out

unprotected elements. E.g., Real View, LLC v. 20-20 Technologies, Inc.,

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@@ -1415,3 +1415,3 @@ compatability'' (using Sega v. Accolade, 977 F.2d 1510 (9th Cir. 1992) and

Sony Computer Ent. v. Connectix, 203 F.3d 596 (9th Cir. 2000) as analogies),

and thus unprotectable subject matter under \S 102(b).

and thus unprotectable subject matter under \S~102(b).

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@@ -1928,3 +1928,3 @@ of the license that defend the freedoms of users and programmers,

GPLv2~\S\S4--7 are the parts of the license that keep the playing field clear

so that \S\S 0--3 can do their jobs.

so that \S\S~0--3 can do their jobs.

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@@ -3032,3 +3032,3 @@ kinds of patent retaliation provisions that are broader than those of section

\section{GPLv3~\S12: Familiar as GPLv2 \S 7}

\section{GPLv3~\S12: Familiar as GPLv2 \S~7}

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@@ -3507,3 +3507,3 @@ LGPLv2.1~\S6 lists five choices with regard to supplying library source

and granting the freedom to modify that library source to users. We

will first consider the option given by \S 6(b), which describes the

will first consider the option given by \S~6(b), which describes the

most common way currently used for LGPLv2.1 compliance on a ``work that