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@@ -2576,7 +2576,7 @@ GPLv2 included a defined term, ``work based on the Program'', but also used
 
the term ``modify'' and ``based on'' throughout the license.  GPLv2's ``work
 
based on the Program'' definition made use of a legal term of art,
 
``derivative work'', which is peculiar to USA copyright
 
law.\footnote{(Ironically, most criticism of USA-specific legal
 
law.\footnote{Ironically, most criticism of USA-specific legal
 
terminology in GPLv2's ``work based on the Program'' definition historically
 
came not primarily from readers outside the USA, but from those within
 
it.  The FSF noted in that it did not generally agree with these