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							|  | @ -556,8 +556,10 @@ Like jazz, or novels, or architecture, the law gets built upon the work | |||
| that went before. This adding and changing is what creativity always is. | ||||
| And a free society is one that assures that its most important resources | ||||
| remain free in just this sense.\footnote{This quotation is Copyright | ||||
|   \copyright{} 2002, Lawrence Lessig.  Verbatim copying of this quotation | ||||
|   in its entirety is permitted provided this notice is preserved.} | ||||
|   \copyright{} 2002, Lawrence Lessig.  It is licensed under the terms of | ||||
|   \href{http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/}{the ``Attribution | ||||
|     License'', version 1.0} or any later version as published by Creative | ||||
|   Commons.} | ||||
| \end{quotation} | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| In essence, lawyers are paid to service the shared commons of legal | ||||
|  | @ -574,12 +576,97 @@ economy. | |||
| %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% | ||||
| \chapter{Copying, Modifying and Redistributing} | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| This chapter begins the deep discussion of the details of the terms of | ||||
| GPL\@.  In this chapter, we consider the core terms: GPL \S\S 0--3.  These | ||||
| are the sections of the GPL that fundamentally define the legal details of | ||||
| how software freedom is respected. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| \section{GPL, \S 0: Freedom to Run} | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| \S 0, the opening section of GPL, sets forth that the work is governed by | ||||
| copyright law.  It specifically points out that it is the ``copyright | ||||
| holder'' who decides if a work is licensed under its terms, and explains | ||||
| how the copyright holder might indicate this fact. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| A bit more subtly, \S 0 makes an inference that copyright law is the only | ||||
| system under which it is governed.  Specifically, it states: | ||||
| \begin{quote} | ||||
| Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not | ||||
| covered by this License; they are outside its scope. | ||||
| \end{quote} | ||||
| In essence, the license governs \emph{only} those activites and all other | ||||
| activities are unrestricted, provided that no other agreements trump GPL | ||||
| (which they cannot; see Sections~\ref{GPLs6} and~\ref{GPLs7}).  This is | ||||
| very important, because the Free Software community heavily supports | ||||
| users' rights to ``fair use'' and ``unregulated use'' of copyrighted | ||||
| material.  GPL asserts through this clause that it supports users' rights | ||||
| to fair and unregulated uses. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Fair use of copyrighted material is an established legal doctrine that | ||||
| permits certain activities.  Discussion of the various types of fair use | ||||
| activity are beyond the scope of this tutorial.  However, one important | ||||
| example of fair use is the right to reverse engineering software. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Fair use is a doctrine established by the courts or by statute.  By | ||||
| contrast, unregulated uses are those that are not covered by the statue | ||||
| nor determined by a court to be covered, but are common and enjoyed by | ||||
| many users.  An example of unregulated use is reading a program like a | ||||
| novel for the purpose of learning how to be a better programmer. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| \medskip | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Thus, the GPL protects users fair and uregulated use rights precisely by | ||||
| not attempting to cover them.  Furthermore, the GPL ensures the freedom | ||||
| to run specifically by stating the following: | ||||
| \begin{quote} | ||||
| The act of running the Program is not restricted | ||||
| \end{quote} | ||||
| Thus, users are explicitly given the freedom to run by \S 0. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| \medskip | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| The bulk of \S 0 not mentioned here gives definitions for other terms used | ||||
| throughout.  The only one worth discussing in detail is ``work based on | ||||
| the Program''.  The reason this definition is particular interesting is | ||||
| that  | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| \section{GPL, \S 1} | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| \section{GPL, \S 2} | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| \section{GPL, \S 3} | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% | ||||
| \chapter{Defending Freedom On Many Fronts} | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| \section{GPL, Section 4} | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| \section{GPL, Section 5} | ||||
| \label{GPLs5} | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| \section{GPL, Section 6} | ||||
| \label{GPLs6} | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| \section{GPL, Section 7} | ||||
| \label{GPLs7} | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% | ||||
| \chapter{Odds, Ends, and Absolutely No Warranty} | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| There was a case where the disclaimer of a contract was negated because it | ||||
| was not "conspicuous" to the person entering into the contract.  Therefore, | ||||
| to make such language "conspicuous" people started bolding it.  My question | ||||
| has always been, does that mean all the other parts of the document aren't | ||||
| important such that they too need to be "conspicuous." | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| As for disclaiming warranties, remember that there are many types of | ||||
| warranties, and in some jurisdictions some of them cannot be disclaimed. | ||||
| Therefore, usually agreements will have both a warranty disclaimer and a | ||||
| limitation of liability.  The former gets rid of everything that can be | ||||
| gotten rid of, while the latter limits the liability of the actor for any | ||||
| warranties that cannot be disclaimed (such as personal injury, etc.). | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% | ||||
| \chapter{Business Models, Internal Use, and Compliance} | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|  | @ -667,7 +754,7 @@ modification follow. | |||
| 
 | ||||
| \addtocounter{enumi}{-1} | ||||
| 
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| \item  | ||||
| \item | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| This License applies to any program or other work which contains a notice | ||||
| placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the | ||||
|  | @ -705,7 +792,7 @@ above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions: | |||
| 
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| \begin{enumerate} | ||||
| 
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| \item  | ||||
| \item | ||||
| 
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| You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that | ||||
| you changed the files and the date of any change. | ||||
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