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@ -2333,7 +2333,7 @@ set forth in GPLv3~\S5, as described later in this tutorial in its
rights, and then this definition of ``modify'' is used to define ``modified
version of'' and ``work based on,'' as synonyms.
\section{The Covered Work}
\subsection{The Covered Work}
GPLv3 uses a common license drafting technique of building upon simpler
definitions to make complex ones. The Program is a defined term found
@ -2343,7 +2343,7 @@ definition. GPLv3 offers a single term ``covered work'', which enables some
of the wording in GPLv3 to be simpler and clearer than its GPLv2
counterparts.
\section{Propagate}
\subsection{Propagate}
The term ``propagate'' serves two purposes. First, ``propagate'' provides a
simple and convenient means for distinguishing between the kinds of uses of a
@ -2384,14 +2384,14 @@ some particular national copyright statute. This helps not only with
internationalization, but also factually-based terminology aids in
developers' and users' understanding of GPL\@.
\section{Convey}
\subsection{Convey}
Further to this point, a subset of propagate --- ``convey'' --- is defined.
Conveying includes activities that constitute propagation of copies to
others. As with the definition of propagate, GPLv3 thus addresses transfers
of copies of software in behavioral rather than statutory terms.
\section{Appropriate Legal Notices}
\subsection{Appropriate Legal Notices}
GPLv2 used the term ``appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of
warranty'' in two places, which is a rather bulk term. Also, experience with
@ -2401,7 +2401,7 @@ conveyance were more broad that merely the copyright notices. The
Appropriate Legal Notice definition consolidates the material that GPLv2
traditionally required preserved into one definition.
\section{Other Defined Terms}
\subsection{Other Defined Terms}
Note finally that not all defined terms in GPLv3 appear in GPLv3~\S0.
Specifically, those defined terms that are confined in use to a single