From 579704541d475f6627d8d0cdea2defe048aa212b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:27:04 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Reword some of this and remove FIXME. --- gpl-lgpl.tex | 31 +++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index e897654..1c4ef5b 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -2932,27 +2932,18 @@ of a ``User Product'', which includes devices that are sold for personal, family, or household use. Distributors are only required to provide Installation Information when they convey object code in a User Product. -In brief, we condition the right to convey object code in a defined class of -``User Products,'' under certain circumstances, on providing whatever -information is required to enable a recipient to replace the object code with -a functioning modified version. +In brief, the right to convey object code in a defined class of ``User +Products,'' under certain circumstances, on providing whatever information is +required to enable a recipient to replace the object code with a functioning +modified version. -%FIXME: this really big section on user product stuff may be too much for the -% tutorial - -In our earlier drafts, the requirement to provide encryption keys -applied to all acts of conveying object code, as this requirement was -part of the general definition of Corresponding Source. Section 6 of -Draft 3 now limits the applicability of the technical restrictions -provisions to object code conveyed in, with, or specifically for use in -a defined class of ``User Products.'' - -In our discussions with companies and governments that use specialized -or enterprise-level computer facilities, we found that sometimes these -organizations actually want their systems not to be under their own -control. Rather than agreeing to this as a concession, or bowing to -pressure, they ask for this as a preference. It is not clear that we -need to interfere, and the main problem lies elsewhere. +This was a compromise that was difficult for the FSF to agree to during the +GPLv3 drafting process. However, companies and governments that use +specialized or enterprise-level computer facilities reported that they +actually \textit{want} their systems not to be under their own control. +Rather than agreeing to this as a concession, or bowing to pressure, they ask +for this as a \texit{preference}. It is not clear that GPL should interfere +here, since the main problem lies elsewhere. While imposing technical barriers to modification is wrong regardless of circumstances, the areas where restricted devices are of the greatest