From 017c6ae1b510349d24131e1b600f82ce7cd2631c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:18:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Redraft paragraph. --- gpl-lgpl.tex | 12 ++++-------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index eb0ec0b..5f51c75 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -3152,16 +3152,12 @@ 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. -\subsection{GPLv3~\S7: Additional Requirements and License Compatibility} - -We broadened the title of section 7 because license compatibility, as it is -conventionally understood, is only one of several facets of the placement of -additional terms on GPL'd code. The license compatibility issue arises for +This license compatibility issue arises for three reasons. First, the GPL is a strong copyleft license, requiring -modified versions to be distributed under the GPL. Second, the GPL states +modified versions to be distributed under the GPL\@. Second, the GPL states that no further restrictions may be placed on the rights of recipients. -Third, all other free software licenses in common use contain certain -requirements, many of which are not conditions made by the GPL. Thus, when +Third, all other software freedom respecting licenses in common use contain certain +requirements, many of which are not conditions made by the GPL\@. Thus, when GPL'd code is modified by combination with code covered by another formal license that specifies other requirements, and that modified code is then distributed to others, the freedom of recipients may be burdened by