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Reword some of this and remove FIXME.

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@ -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 family, or household use. Distributors are only required to provide
Installation Information when they convey object code in a User Product. 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 In brief, the right to convey object code in a defined class of ``User
``User Products,'' under certain circumstances, on providing whatever Products,'' under certain circumstances, on providing whatever information is
information is required to enable a recipient to replace the object code with required to enable a recipient to replace the object code with a functioning
a functioning modified version. modified version.
%FIXME: this really big section on user product stuff may be too much for the This was a compromise that was difficult for the FSF to agree to during the
% tutorial GPLv3 drafting process. However, companies and governments that use
specialized or enterprise-level computer facilities reported that they
In our earlier drafts, the requirement to provide encryption keys actually \textit{want} their systems not to be under their own control.
applied to all acts of conveying object code, as this requirement was Rather than agreeing to this as a concession, or bowing to pressure, they ask
part of the general definition of Corresponding Source. Section 6 of for this as a \texit{preference}. It is not clear that GPL should interfere
Draft 3 now limits the applicability of the technical restrictions here, since the main problem lies elsewhere.
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.
While imposing technical barriers to modification is wrong regardless of While imposing technical barriers to modification is wrong regardless of
circumstances, the areas where restricted devices are of the greatest circumstances, the areas where restricted devices are of the greatest