From 6cbb2d530d48db25be74bd82b647509810b1c6f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 21:14:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Wordsmith paragraph. --- compliance-guide.tex | 11 +++++++---- gpl-lgpl.tex | 1 + 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/compliance-guide.tex b/compliance-guide.tex index 33d6c8f..14d783a 100644 --- a/compliance-guide.tex +++ b/compliance-guide.tex @@ -128,12 +128,15 @@ software.\footnote{This document addresses compliance with GPLv2, Political discussion about the GPL often centers around the ``copyleft'' requirements of the license. Indeed, the license was designed primarily to embody this licensing feature. Most companies adding non-trivial -features (beyond mere porting and bug-fixing) to GPL'd software, and -thereby implicating these requirements, are already well aware of their -more complex obligations under the license.\footnote{There has been much legal +features (beyond mere porting and bug-fixing) to GPL'd software (and +thereby invoking these requirements) are already well aware of their +more complex obligations under the license.\footnote{While, there has been much legal discussion regarding copyleft and derivative works. In practical reality, this issue is not relevant to the vast majority of companies - distributing GPL'd software.} + distributing GPL'd software. Those interested in this issue should study + \tutorialpartsplit{\texit{Detailed Analysis of the GNU GPL and Related + Licenses}'s Section on derivative works}{\S~\ref{derivative-works} of + this tutorial}.} However, in our experience with GPL enforcement, few redistributors' compliance challenges relate directly to the copyleft provisions; this is diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 720e1c9..041ce94 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -1113,6 +1113,7 @@ on making a profit from Free Software redistribution.) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \chapter{Derivative Works: Statute and Case Law} +\label{derivative-works} We digress for this chapter from our discussion of GPL's exact text to consider the matter of derivative works --- a concept that we must