@@ -2573,14 +2573,14 @@ to downstream users or customers. By making the limits on this provision
very narrow, GPLv3 ensures that, in all other cases, contractors gets the
full freedoms of the GPL that they deserve.
Large enterprise users of free software often contract with non-employee
developers, often working offsite, to make modifications intended for
the user's private or internal use, and often arrange with other
companies to operate their data centers. Whether GPLv2 permits these
activities is not clear and may depend on variations in copyright law.
The practices seem basically harmless, so we have decided to make it
clear they are permitted.
The FSF was specifically asked to add this ``contractors provisions'' by
large enterprise users of Free Software, who often contract with non-employee
developers, working offsite, to make modifications intended for the user's
private or internal use, and often arrange with other companies to operate
their data centers. Whether GPLv2 permits these activities is not clear and
may depend on variations in copyright law in different jurisdictions. The
practices seem basically harmless, so FSF decided to make it clear they are
permitted.
GPLv3~\S2's final paragraph includes an explicit prohibition of sublicensing.
This provision ensures that GPL enforcement is always by the copyright