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@@ -2928,6 +2928,28 @@ of rights under the license.
 \section{GPLv3~\S11: Explicit Patent Licensing}
 \label{GPLv3s11}
 
+% FIXME: just brought in words here, needs rewriting.
+
+is rooted in the basic principles of the GPL.
+Our license has always stated that distributors may not impose further
+restrictions on users' exercise of GPL rights.  To make the suggested
+distinction between contribution and distribution is to allow a
+distributor to demand patent royalties from a direct or indirect
+recipient, based on claims embodied in the distributed code. This
+undeniably burdens users with an additional legal restriction on their
+rights, in violation of the license.
+
+%FIXME: possible useful text, but maybe not.
+
+In the covenant provided in the revised section 11, the set of claims
+that a party undertakes not to assert against downstream users are that
+party's ``essential patent claims'' in the work conveyed by the party.
+``Essential patent claims,'' a new term defined in section 0, are simply
+all claims ``that would be infringed by making, using, or selling the
+work.''  We have abandoned the phrase ``reasonably contemplated use.''
+This change makes the obligations of distributing patent holders more
+predictable.
+
 % FIXME:  probably needs a lot of work, these provisions changed over time.
 
 GPLv3 adds a new section on licensing of patents. GPLv2 relies on an implied