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 \section{Understanding License Compatibility}
 \label{license-compatibility}
 
-% FIXME: reword intro to license compatibility
-
-Another challenge facing the free software community is the proliferation of
-incompatible free software licenses. Of course, we cannot make the GPL
-compatible with all such licenses. GPLv3 contains provisions that are
-designed to reduce license incompatibility by making it easier for developers
-to combine code carrying non-GPL terms with GPL'd code.
-
+% FIXME: more about license compatibility here.
+
+A challenge that faced the Free Software community heavily through out the
+early 2000s was the proliferation of incompatible Free Software licenses.  Of
+course, we cannot make the GPL compatible with all such licenses. GPLv3
+contains provisions that are designed to reduce license incompatibility by
+making it easier for developers to combine code carrying non-GPL terms with
+GPL'd code.
 
 \section{GPLv3~\S7: Explicit Compatibility}
 
