diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 523a0998e8d7b6f114d1479b45137d902024c21a..2bc652fcbcfe0b4abf3273e7120a037032ed602d 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -62,24 +62,24 @@ license, the GNU General Public License (``GNU GPL'', or sometimes just ``GPL'') -- both version 2 (``GPLv2'') and version 3 (``GPLv3'') -- and teaches lawyers, software developers, managers and business people how to use the GPL (and GPL'd software) successfully both as a community-building -``Constitution'' for a software project, or to incorporate copylefted +``Constitution'' for a software project, and to incorporate copylefted software into a new Free Software business and in existing, successful enterprises. To successfully benefit of from this part of the tutorial, readers should -have a general familiarity with software development processes. A vague +have a general familiarity with software development processes. A basic understanding of how copyright law applies to software is also helpful. The tutorial is of most interest to lawyers, software developers and managers who run or advise software businesses that modify and/or redistribute software -under terms of the GNU GPL (or who wish to do so in the future), and those +under the terms of the GNU GPL (or who wish to do so in the future), and those who wish to make use of existing GPL'd software in their enterprise. -Upon completion of this part of the tutorial, successful students can expect +Upon completion of this part of the tutorial, successful readers can expect to have learned the following: \begin{itemize} - \item The freedom-defending purpose of each term of the GNU GPLv2 and GPLv3. + \item The freedom-defending purpose of various terms in the GNU GPLv2 and GPLv3. \item The differences between GPLv2 and GPLv3. @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ to have learned the following: \item How existing GPL'd software can be used in existing enterprises. - \item The basics of the Lesser GPLv2.1 and Lesser GPLv3, and how they + \item The basics of LGPLv2.1 and LGPLv3, and how they differs from the GPLv2 and GPLv3, respectively. \item The basics to begin understanding the complexities regarding