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% comprehensive-gpl-guide.tex -*- LaTeX -*-
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%
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% Toplevel file to build the entire book.
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\documentclass[10pt, letterpaper]{book}
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\usepackage{enumerate}
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\usepackage[dvips]{graphicx}
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\begin{document}
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\pagestyle{plain}
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\pagenumbering{roman}
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\frontmatter
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\begin{titlepage}
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\begin{center}
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{\Large
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{\sc A Comprehensive Tutorial on Copyleft and GPL Licensing, Compliance, and Enforcement}} \\
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\vfill
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{\parindent 0in
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Copyright \copyright{} 2003, 2004, 2005 \hspace{.2in} Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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\vspace{.3in}
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The copyright holders hereby grant the freedom to copy, modify, convey,
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Adapt, and/or redistribute this work under the terms of the Creative Commons
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Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International License. A copy of that license is
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available at \verb=https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode=.
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Each part of this book is separately this same license, but copyrighted by
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different authors at different times. Each part therefore also contains its
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own copyright and licensing notice. The notice above is for the entire work,
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and includes all.
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}
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\end{center}
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\end{titlepage}
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\chapter{Preface}
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This tutorial is the culmination of nearly a decade of studying and writing
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about software freedom licensing and the GPL\@. Each part of this tutorial
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is a course unto itself, educating the reader on a myriad of topics from the
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deep details of the GPLv2 and GPLv3, common business models in the copyleft
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licensing area (both the friendly and unfriendly kind), best practices for
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compliance with the GPL, both for engineers and managers, as well as
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real-world case studies of GPL enforcement matters.
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It is unlikely that all the information herein is necessary to learn all at
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once, and therefore this tutorial likely serves best as a reference book.
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The material herein has been used as the basis for numerous live tutorials
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and discussion groups since 2002, and the materials have been periodically
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updated. They likely stand on their own as excellent reference material.
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However, if you are reading these course materials without attending a live
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tutorial session, please note that this material is merely a summary of the
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highlights of the various CLE and other tutorial courses based on this
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material. Please be aware that during the actual courses, class discussion
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supplements this printed curriculum. Simply reading it is not equivalent to
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attending the course.
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\tableofcontents
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\mainmatter
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\input{gpl-lgpl}
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%\input{compliance-guide}
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%\input{enforcement-case-studies}
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\end{document}
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% https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode to receive
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% the license text.
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\documentclass[11pt, letterpaper]{book}
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% FILTER_PS: \input{generate-ps-file}
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% FILTER_PDF: \input{generate-pdf-file}
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% FILTER_HTML: \input{generate-html-file}
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% NOT FOUND \input{one-inch-margins}
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\usepackage{enumerate}
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\usepackage[dvips]{graphicx}
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%\setlength\parskip{0.7em}
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%\setlength\parindent{0pt}
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\newcommand{\defn}[1]{\emph{#1}}
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%\pagestyle{empty}
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\begin{document}
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\frontmatter
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\begin{titlepage}
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\begin{center}
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%\vspace{.5in}
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\vfill
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%\includegraphics{fsf-logo.eps}
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\vfill
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{\Large
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{\sc The GPL and Legal Aspects of Free Software Development } \\
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\vfill
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%\vspace{.7in}
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% \vspace{.3in}
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Columbia Law School, New York, NY, USA \\
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\vspace{.1in}
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Wednesday, 28 September 2005
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}
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%\vspace{.7in}
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\vfill
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{\large
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Daniel Ravicher
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Senior Counsel
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Free Software Foundation
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President and Executive Director
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Public Patent Foundation
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}
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\vspace{.3in}
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{\large
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David Turner
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GPL Compliance Engineer
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Free Software Foundation
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}
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\end{center}
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\vfill
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{\parindent 0in
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Copyright \copyright{} 2003, 2004, 2005 \hspace{.2in} Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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\vspace{.3in}
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The copyright holders hereby grant the freedom to copy, modify, convey,
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Adapt, and/or redistribute this work under the terms of the Creative Commons
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Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International License. A copy of that license is
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available at \verb=https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode=.
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}
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\end{titlepage}
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\pagestyle{plain}
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\pagenumbering{roman}
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\part{The GPL and Legal Aspects of Free Software Development}
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\chapter*{Preface}
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\begin{center}
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This one-day course gives an explanation of the most popular Free
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Software copyright license, the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL),
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and teaches lawyers, software developers, managers and business people
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how to use the GPL (and GPL'd software) successfully in a new Free
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Software business and in existing, successful enterprises.
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{\parindent 0in
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This part is: Copyright \copyright{} 2003, 2004, 2005 \hspace{.2in} Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Attendees should have a general familiarity with software development
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processes. A vague understanding of how copyright law applies to software
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is also helpful. The tutorial is of most interest to lawyers, software
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developers and managers who run software businesses that modify and/or
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redistribute software under terms of the GNU GPL (or who wish to do so in
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the future), and those who wish to make use of existing GPL'd software in
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their enterprise.
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Authors of this Part Are: \\
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Upon completion of the tutorial, successful attendees can expect to have
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Bradley M. Kuhn \\
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David ``Novalis'' Turner \\
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Daniel B. Ravicher \\
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John Sullivan
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\vspace{.3in}
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The copyright holders of this part hereby grant the freedom to copy, modify,
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convey, Adapt, and/or redistribute this work under the terms of the Creative
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Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International License. A copy of that
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license is available at
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\verb=https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode=. }
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\bigskip
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This part of the tutorial gives a comprehensive explanation of the most
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popular Free Software copyright license, the GNU General Public License (GNU
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GPL) -- both version 2 and version 3 -- and teaches lawyers, software
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developers, managers and business people how to use the GPL (and GPL'd
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software) successfully in a new Free Software business and in existing,
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successful enterprises.
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To successfully benefit of from this part of the tutorial, readers should
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have a general familiarity with software development processes. A vague
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understanding of how copyright law applies to software is also helpful. The
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tutorial is of most interest to lawyers, software developers and managers who
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run software businesses that modify and/or redistribute software under terms
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of the GNU GPL (or who wish to do so in the future), and those who wish to
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make use of existing GPL'd software in their enterprise.
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Upon completion of the tutorial, successful students can expect to have
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learned the following:
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\begin{itemize}
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\bigskip
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These course materials are merely a summary of the highlights of the
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course presented. Please be aware that during the actual GPL course, class
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discussion supplements this printed curriculum. Simply reading it is
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not equivalent to attending the course.
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\tableofcontents
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\pagebreak
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