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@@ -1450,6 +1450,38 @@ detailed software derivative work analysis. Most often, cases involve
 clearer basis for decision, including frequent bad faith on the part of
 the defendant or over-aggressiveness on the part of the plaintiff.  
 
+\section{How Much Do Derivative Works Matter?}
+
+It is certainly true that GPL intends for any work that is determined a
+``derivative work'' under copyright law must be licensed as a whole under
+GPL\@, as will be discussed in the following chapter.  However, as we finish
+up our discussion derivative works, we must note that preparation of a
+derivative work is by far not the only way to create a new work covered by
+GPL\@.
+
+In fact, while derivative work preparation is perhaps the most exciting area
+of legal issues to consider, the more mundane ways to create a new work
+covered by GPL are much more common.  For example, copyright statutes
+generally require permission from the copyright holder to grant explicit
+permission to modify a work in any manner.  As discussed in the next chapter,
+the GPL {\em does} grants such permission, but requires the modify work must
+also be licensed under the terms of the GPL (and only GPL:
+see\S~\label{GPLv2s6} in this tutorial).  Determining whether software was
+modified is a substantially easier analysis than the derivative work
+discussions and considerations in this chapter.
+
+The question of derivative works, when and how they are made, is undoubtedly
+an essential discussion in the interpretation and consideration of copyleft.
+That is why this chapter was included in this tutorial.  However, as we
+return from this digression and resume discussion of the detailed text of the
+GPLv2, we must gain a sense of perspective: most GPL questions center around
+questions of modification and distribution, not preparation of derivative
+works.  Derivative work preparation is ultimately a small subset of the types
+of modified versions of the software a developer might create, thus, while an
+excessive focus on derivative works indulges us in the more exciting areas of
+copyleft, we must keep a sense of perspective regarding their relative
+importance.
+
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 \chapter{Modified Source and Binary Distribution}
