GPLv2, Section 8 is gone and there isn't much to say about it anymore.
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yet), that the GPLv2'd software can continue in free and unabated
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distribution in the countries where such controls do not exist.
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It is a partial ``out'' from GPLv2~\S7. Without GPLv2~\S8, if a copyright holder
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knew of a patent in a particular country licensed in a GPL-incompatible
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way, then she could not distribute under GPL, because the work could
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legitimately end up in the hands of citizens of Unfreedonia.
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It is an inevitable but sad reality that some countries are freer than
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others. GPLv2~\S8 exists to permit distribution in those countries that are
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free without otherwise negating parts of the license.
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As far as is currently known, GPLv2~\S8 has never been formally used by any
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copyright holders. Some have used GPLv2~\S8 to explain various odd special
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topics of distribution, but generally speaking, this section is not
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particularly useful and was actually removed in GPLv3.
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%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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\chapter{Odds, Ends, and Absolutely No Warranty}
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