From 634c64727e8b833feacd356a72f8463231ea3073 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 21:02:16 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Wordsmith this paragraph. --- compliance-guide.tex | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/compliance-guide.tex b/compliance-guide.tex index f93c66e..adc1787 100644 --- a/compliance-guide.tex +++ b/compliance-guide.tex @@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ license is available at \chapter*{Executive Summary} This is a guide to effective compliance with the GNU General Public -License (GPL) and related licenses. In accordance with the Software -Freedom Law Center's (SFLC's) philosophy of assisting the community with -GPL compliance cooperatively, this guide focuses on avoiding compliance -actions and minimizing the negative impact when enforcement actions occur. -It introduces and explains basic legal concepts related to the GPL and its +License (GPL) and related licenses. Copyleft advocates +usually seek to assist the community with +GPL compliance cooperatively. This guide focuses on complying from the +start, so that readers can learn to avoid enforcement actions entirely, or, at +least, minimize the negative impact when enforcement actions occur. +This guide introduces and explains basic legal concepts related to the GPL and its enforcement by copyright holders. It also outlines business practices and methods that lead to better GPL compliance. Finally, it recommends proper post-violation responses to the concerns of copyright holders.