Integrate this short sentence from pasted text.
This was easily integrated, but I am now not sure what I was thinking with the FIXME note about linking back to the copyleft definition. The right link is a forward-link to the derivative works chapter, and thus I've added that.
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the domain of copyright law and the courts --- not the licenses that utilize
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those systems.
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Copyright law as a whole doesn't propose clear and straightforward guidelines
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Copyright law as a whole does not propose clear and straightforward guidelines
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for identifying the derivative and/or combined works of software. However,
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no copyright license --- not even the GNU GPL --- can be blamed for this.
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Legislators and court opinions must give us guidance in borderline cases.
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% FIXME-URGENT: integrate (and back ref to copyleft section)
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A
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lawyer’s conclusion on that subject will be based on the application of rules
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Meanwhile, lawyers will likely based their conclusions on the application of rules
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made in the context of literary or artistic copyright to the different
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context of computer programming.
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%FIXME-URGENT: end
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context of computer programming and by analyzing the (somewhat limited) case
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law and guidance available from various sources.
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(Chapter~\ref{derivative-works} discusses this issue in depth.)
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\section{GPLv2~\S1: Verbatim Copying}
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\label{GPLv2s1}
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