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Section 7 requires a downstream user of a covered work to preserve the
 
non-GPL terms covering the added parts just as they must preserve the GPL, as
 
long as any substantial portion of those parts is present in the user's
 
version.
 

	
 
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Section 7 points out that GPLv3 itself makes no assertion that an additional
 
requirement is enforceable by the copyright holder.  However, section 7 makes
 
clear that enforcement of such requirements is expected to be by the
 
termination procedure given in section 8 of GPLv3.
 

	
 
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Some have questioned whether section 7 is needed, and some have suggested
 
that it creates complexity that did not previously exist.  We point out to