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We now have a chapter earlier that discusses this in more detail,

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just reference that instead of this other text that was here.
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\chapter{A Tale of Two Copyleft Licenses}
\label{tale-of-two-copylefts}
While determining the proper methodology and criteria to yield an accurate
count remains difficult, the GPL is generally considered one of the most
@ -2082,11 +2083,8 @@ individuals and organizations, the license itself needs a single steward.
Forking of the code is often regrettable but basically innocuous. Forking
of licensing is disastrous.
FSF has only released two versions of GPL --- in 1989 and 1991. GPL
version 3 is under current internal drafting. FSF's plan is to have a
long and engaging comment period. The goal of GPL is to defend freedom, and
a gigantic community depends on that freedom now. FSF hopes to take all
stakeholders' opinions under advisement.
(Chapter~\ref{tale-of-two-copylefts} discusses more about the various
versions of GPL.)
\section{GPLv2~\S10: Relicensing Permitted}
\label{GPLv2s10}