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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-20 20:42:02
bkuhn@ebb.org
Remove FIXME and add subsection
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@@ -2900,26 +2900,25 @@ its CCS are publicly available at no charge under subsection GPLv3~\S6(d).
 
The CCS therefore need not be provided through the peer-to-peer system that
 
was used for providing the binary.
 

	
 
Second, GPLv3\S9 also clarifies that ancillary propagation of a covered work
 
that occurs as part of the process of peer-to-peer file transmission does not
 
require acceptance, just as mere receipt and execution of the Program does
 
not require acceptance.  Such ancillary propagation is permitted without
 
limitation or further obligation.
 

	
 
% FIXME-LATER: Would be nice to explain much more about interactions between
 
% the various options of GPLv3~\S6(a-e), which might all be in play at once!
 

	
 
% FIXME: installation information??
 

	
 
\subsection{User Products, Installation Information and Device Lock-Down}
 

	
 
% FIXME: perhaps this additional information isn't needed, next 3 paras, but
 
%        there might be something good here
 

	
 
Another major goal for GPLv3 has been to thwart technical measures such as
 
signature checks in hardware to prevent modification of GPLed software on a
 
device.  Previous drafts attempted to accomplish this by defining
 
"Corresponding Source" to include any encryption or authorization keys
 
necessary to install new versions of the software.  A number of members of
 
the community questioned the impact and utility of such a definition.
 

	
 
The third discussion draft uses a different strategy to accomplish the same
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