diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 57413219730fc335119c60ffc255fb96041d3c6c..4f1586c1595cc03f6b39bc7bb7a979574d571d54 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -2160,7 +2160,8 @@ GPLv2~\S4 is GPLv2's termination clause. Upon first examination, it seems strange that a license with the goal of defending users' and programmers' freedoms for perpetuity in an irrevocable way would have such a clause. However, upon further examination, the difference between irrevocability -and this termination clause becomes clear. +and this termination clause becomes clear. (See~\ref{gplv2-irrevocable} for +expanded discussion of GPLv2 irrevocability.) The GPL is irrevocable in the sense that once a copyright holder grants rights for someone to copy, modify and redistribute the software under terms @@ -2321,7 +2322,10 @@ rights\footnote{While nearly all attorneys and copyleft theorists are in decade, regard an almost moot and wholly esoteric legal detail.}. \section{GPLv2 Irrevocability} +\label{gplv2-irrevocable} +This section digresses briefly to examine the manner in which GPLv2\S\S~4--6 +interact together to assure that the license grant is irrevocable. There are two legal theories why a contributor cannot terminate their license grant. First is an argument that the text of the GPL prevents it; second is that a contributor would be estopped from succeeding on an infringement claim