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{\sc Copyleft and the  \\

GNU General Public License:

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A Comprehensive Tutorial \\

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and Guide

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Copyright \= \copyright{} 2003--2005, 2008, 2014--2015 \hspace{1.mm} \=  \kill

Copyright \> \copyright{} 2003--2005, 2008, 2014--2015 \>  Bradley M. Kuhn. \\

Copyright \> \copyright{} 2014--2015 \>  Anthony K. Sebro, Jr. \\

Copyright \= \copyright{} 2014 \> Denver Gingerich. \\

Copyright \= \copyright{} 2003--2007, 2014 \>  Free Software Foundation, Inc. \\

Copyright \> \copyright{} 2008, 2014 \>  Software Freedom Law Center. \\

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The copyright holders grant the freedom to copy, modify, convey,

adapt, and/or redistribute this work (except

Appendices~\ref{GPLv2-full-text}--\ref{AGPLv3-full-text}) under the terms of the Creative Commons

Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International License.  A copy of that license is

available at \url{https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode}.

Appendices~\ref{GPLv2-full-text}--\ref{AGPLv3-full-text} include copies of the texts of various licenses published

by the FSF, and they are all licensed under the license, ``Everyone is permitted

to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing

it is not allowed.''.  However, those who seek to make modified versions of

those licenses should note the

\href{https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifyGPL}{explanation given in the GPL FAQ}.

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As a public, collaborative project, this Guide is primarily composed of the

many contributions received via its

  contribution process}.  Please

  Git logs} for full documentation of all contributions, and

Appendix~\ref{third-party-citation-list}

  contains a list of third-party works from which some material herein was

adapted.

The most recent version is

available online at \url{https://copyleft.org/guide/}.  Patches

are indeed welcome to this material.  Sources can be found in the Git

repository at \url{https://gitorious.org/copyleft-org/tutorial/}.

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\chapter{Preface}

This tutorial is the culmination of nearly a decade of studying and writing

about software freedom licensing and the GPL\@.  Each part of this tutorial

is a course unto itself, educating the reader on a myriad of topics from the

deep details of the GPLv2 and GPLv3, common business models in the copyleft

licensing area (both the friendly and unfriendly kind), best practices for

compliance with the GPL, for engineers, managers, and lawyers, as well as

real-world case studies of GPL enforcement matters.

It is unlikely that all the information herein is necessary to learn all at

once, and therefore this tutorial likely serves best as a reference book.

The material herein has been used as the basis for numerous live tutorials

and discussion groups since 2002, and the materials have been periodically

updated.   They likely stand on their own as excellent reference material.

However, if you are reading these course materials without attending a live

tutorial session, please note that this material is merely a summary of the

highlights of the various CLE and other tutorial courses based on this

material.  Please be aware that during the actual courses, class discussion

and presentation supplements this printed curriculum.  Simply reading this

material is \textbf{not equivalent} to attending a course.

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