diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 10cde11..4866286 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -2823,6 +2823,16 @@ such combination occurs, including combination by dynamic linking. The final sentence of the paragraph adapts this requirement to the new compatibility provisions of section 7. +We have added these words to the aggregation clause to eliminate any question +that GPLv3 alters the scope of the copyleft as understood and applied under +GPLv2. In GPLv3, as in GPLv2, addition of modules or other parts to a program +results in a new program based on the old program, with different functional +characteristics created by the merger of two expressions: the original +program and the added parts. Such added parts are ``by their nature +extensions of'' the old program, and therefore the entire new program which +they and the old program form must be licensed under the GPL. As subsection +5c states, packaging of a work has no bearing on the scope of copyleft. + \section{GPLv3~\S6: Non-Source and Corresponding Source} Section 6 of GPLv3, which clarifies and revises GPLv2 section 3, requires @@ -3532,6 +3542,16 @@ addition of the cure opportunity achieves a better balance than our earlier section 8 drafts between facilitating enforcement of the license and protecting inadvertent violators against unfair results. +We have restructured the form of section 8 by replacing non-automatic +termination with automatic termination coupled with opportunities for +provisional and permanent reinstatement of rights. The revised wording does +not alter the underlying policy or details of procedure established in the +previous drafts, including the 60-day period of repose and 30-day cure +opportunity for first-time violators. The restoration of automatic +termination was motivated in part to facilitate enforcement in European +countries. We also believe the revised wording will be easier to understand +and apply in all jurisdictions. + \section{GPLv3~\S9: Acceptance} % FIXME: needs some work here