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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-20 12:02:05
bkuhn@ebb.org
Move this text out of the way from discussion of section 2.
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@@ -2504,18 +2504,12 @@ software freedom circumvention technique.  When considering whether or not a
 
library qualifies for the system library exception, here is a pragmatic
 
thesis to consider, based on the combined decades of experience in GPL
 
interpretation of this tutorial's authors: the harder and more strained the
 
reader must study and read the system library exception, the more likely it
 
is that the library in question does not qualify for it.
 

	
 
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It is important to note that section 11, paragraph 3 refers to a work that is
 
conveyed, and section 10, paragraph 2 refers to a kind of automatic
 
counterpart to conveying achieved as the result of a transaction. 
 

	
 
\section{GPLv3~\S2: Basic Permissions}
 

	
 
% FIXME: phrase ``unmodified Program'' appears due to User Products exception
 

	
 
We have included the first sentence of section 2 to further internationalize
 
the GPL. Under the copyright laws of some countries, it may be necessary for
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@@ -3542,12 +3536,18 @@ of copyright permissions, the basic operation of which exists outside of any
 
law of contract.  Whether and when a contractual relationship is formed
 
between licensor and licensee under local law do not necessarily matter to
 
the working of the license.
 

	
 
\section{GPLv3~\S10: Explicit Downstream License}
 

	
 
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It is important to note that section 11, paragraph 3 refers to a work that is
 
conveyed, and section 10, paragraph 2 refers to a kind of automatic
 
counterpart to conveying achieved as the result of a transaction. 
 

	
 
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Draft1 removed the words ``at no charge'' from what is now subsection 5b, the
 
core copyleft provision, for reasons related to our current changes to the
 
second paragraph of section 4: it had contributed to a misconception that the
 
GPL did not permit charging for distribution of copies.  The purpose of the
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