diff --git a/compliance-guide.tex b/compliance-guide.tex index f93c66e25baf262f345a33545c3215f65c8251d8..adc178727e7cf6e32f925cd478c69758eb5f9f63 100644 --- a/compliance-guide.tex +++ b/compliance-guide.tex @@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ license is available at \chapter*{Executive Summary} This is a guide to effective compliance with the GNU General Public -License (GPL) and related licenses. In accordance with the Software -Freedom Law Center's (SFLC's) philosophy of assisting the community with -GPL compliance cooperatively, this guide focuses on avoiding compliance -actions and minimizing the negative impact when enforcement actions occur. -It introduces and explains basic legal concepts related to the GPL and its +License (GPL) and related licenses. Copyleft advocates +usually seek to assist the community with +GPL compliance cooperatively. This guide focuses on complying from the +start, so that readers can learn to avoid enforcement actions entirely, or, at +least, minimize the negative impact when enforcement actions occur. +This guide introduces and explains basic legal concepts related to the GPL and its enforcement by copyright holders. It also outlines business practices and methods that lead to better GPL compliance. Finally, it recommends proper post-violation responses to the concerns of copyright holders.