From 3878521bbfae2bab90d8f3500c5fdfab6f105eb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:39:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Wrote=20and=20merged=20text=20for=20GPLv3=C2=A7?= =?UTF-8?q?12?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- gpl-lgpl.tex | 28 ++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 5097b78..e015ea5 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -3564,24 +3564,24 @@ unchangeable past agreements could fall within the scope of GPLv3~\S11\P7. In future deals, distributors engaging in ordinary business practices can structure the agreements so that they do not fall under GPLv3~\S11\P7. -\section{GPLv3~\S12: Familiar as GPLv2 \S~7} +\section{GPLv3~\S12: Familiar as GPLv2~\S7} -% FIXME: probably mostly still right, needs some updates, though. +GPLv2~\S12 remains almost completely unchanged from the text that appears +GPLv2~\S7. This is an important provision that ensures a catch-all to ensure +that nothing ``surprising'' interferes with the continued conveyance safely +under copyleft. -The wording in the first sentence of section 12 has been revised -slightly to clarify that an agreement, such as a litigation settlement -agreement or a patent license agreement, is one of the ways in which -conditions may be ``imposed'' on a GPL licensee that may contradict the -conditions of the GPL, but which do not excuse the licensee from -compliance with those conditions. This change codifies what has been -our interpretation of GPLv2. +The wording in the first sentence of GPLv3~\S12 has been revised slightly to +clarify that an agreement -- such as a litigation settlement agreement or a +patent license agreement -- is one of the ways in which conditions may be +``imposed'' on a GPL licensee that may contradict the conditions of the GPL, +but which do not excuse the licensee from compliance with those conditions. +This change codifies the historical interpretation of GPLv2. -% FIXME: probably mostly still right, needs some updates, though. - -We have removed the limited severability clause of GPLv2 section 7 as a +GPLv3 removed the limited severability clause of GPLv2~\S7 as a matter of tactical judgment, believing that this is the best way to ensure -that all provisions of the GPL will be upheld in court. We have also removed -the final sentence of GPLv2 section 7, which we consider to be unnecessary. +that all provisions of the GPL will be upheld in court. GPLv3 also removed +the final sentence of GPLv2 section 7, which the FSF consider to be unnecessary. \section{GPLv3~\S13: The Great Affero Compromise}