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Update FIXME to be slightly more verbose.
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\section{Understanding License Compatibility} \section{Understanding License Compatibility}
\label{license-compatibility} \label{license-compatibility}
% FIXME: reword intro to license compatibility % FIXME: more about license compatibility here.
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.
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} \section{GPLv3~\S7: Explicit Compatibility}