diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 8b7e81601d335833ac7676182c778729c8ee9d3d..c9110fa93cfa3f4363675a00ee0b7c7fe0311f2e 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -336,10 +336,11 @@ created as a community-oriented ``answer'' to the existing proprietary software licensing mechanisms. Thus, first, consider carefully why proprietary software exists in the first place. -% FIXME-URGENT: integrate -The primary legal regime that applies to software is copyright law. % FIXME-URGENT: END -Proprietary software exists at all only because it is governed by copyright -law.\footnote{This statement is admittedly an oversimplification. Patents and +\label{explaining-copyright} + +The primary legal regime that applies to software is copyright law. +Proprietary software exists at all only because copyright law governs +software.\footnote{This statement is admittedly an oversimplification. Patents and trade secrets can cover software and make it effectively non-Free, and one can contract away their rights and freedoms regarding software, or source code can be practically obscured in binary-only distribution without