Incorporate pasted text re: AGPLv3/GPLv3 combos.
This text was mostly useful as is. However, it failed to make a key point I've often made: that the combinations created by comingling AGPLv3'd code with GPLv3'd code may be difficult to disentangle, and thus in practice, it may turn out that such a combination effectively must be licensed as a whole under AGPLv3, even if technically some copyrights included therein are GPLv3'd. In practice, this nuance is only a technical barrier, since complying fully with AGPLv3 automatically complies with GPLv3.
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Meanwhile, those who criticize the permission to link with code under the Affero
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Meanwhile, those who criticize the permission to link with code under the Affero
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GPL should recognize that most other free software licenses also permit
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GPL should recognize that most other free software licenses also permit
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such linking.
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such linking. In particular, when a combined work is made by linking GPLv3-covered code
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with AGPLv3-covered code, the copyleft on one part will not extend to the
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other part. In such combinations, the Affero requirement will apply only to
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the part originally brought into the combination under the Affero license.
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In theory, those who receive such a combination and do not wish to use code
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under the Affero requirement may remove the Affero-covered portion of the
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combination. (Admittedly, in practice, de-mingling of combined code can be
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technically difficult.)
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%FIXME-URGENT: integrate
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% A section on combinations with Affero is necessary anyway here.
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When a combined work is made by linking GPLv3-covered code with AGPL-covered
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code, the copyleft on one part will not extend to the other part. That is to
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say, in such combinations, the Affero requirement will apply only to the part
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that was brought into the combination under the Affero license. Those who
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receive such a combination and do not wish to use code under the Affero
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requirement may remove the Affero-covered portion of the combination.
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% FIXME-URGENT: end
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\section{GPLv3~\S14: So, When's GPLv4?}
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\section{GPLv3~\S14: So, When's GPLv4?}
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\label{GPLv3s14}
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\label{GPLv3s14}
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