From 05af800f5963ba679459fa699a59c8529194fedb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:01:57 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Reword introductory paragraph on license compatibility. Update FIXME to be slightly more verbose. --- gpl-lgpl.tex | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 08b0811..5438c00 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -2536,14 +2536,14 @@ program might not have the keys. \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}