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Historically, this project used (more-or-less) a file-by-file copyright
inventory.  This commit ends that practice.  The project now has a
single toplevel copyright inventory, stored exclusively in
comprehensive-gpl-guide.tex (so that it appears also in compiled
versions of the Guide as well).

The side-effect of this commit is that the parts may no longer be easily
publishable separably without (at least) the additional work of
copyright notice reconstruction.  This may in particular create a
challenge for the FSF, who has historically selectively published
sections of this Guide as materials for its CLE classes.

However, without this change, this Guide will eventually suffer from the
inherent problems in maintaining file-by-file copyright inventory.
Circumstances simply dictate a single, top-level copyright and license
notice for the entire Guide.

In addition to consolidation of copyright notices, I've also herein
updated my historical copyright notices to properly credit me for my own
work done in 2003 through 2005.

I've also updated the license notice to reflect the changes made by the
previous commit and related issues.
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compliance-guide.tex
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\part{A Practical Guide to GPL Compliance}
\label{gpl-compliance-guide}
{\parindent 0in
This part is: \\
\begin{tabbing}
Copyright \= \copyright{} 2008, 2014 \= \hspace{.2in} Bradley M. Kuhn. \\
Copyright \= \copyright{} 2014 \> \hspace{.2in} Free Software Foundation, Inc. \\
Copyright \> \copyright{} 2008, 2014 \> \hspace{.2in} Software Freedom Law Center. \\
\end{tabbing}
\vspace{.1in}
\begin{center}
The copyright holders of this part hereby grant the freedom to copy, modify,
convey, Adapt, and/or redistribute this work under the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International License. A copy of that
license is available at
\url{https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode}.
\vfill
This work is primarily composed of the many contributions it
receives as a public, collaborative project. Please
\href{https://gitorious.org/copyleft-org/tutorial/history/master:compliance-guide.tex}{review
its Git logs} for full documentation of all contributions.
\end{center}
}
\pagebreak
\chapter*{Executive Summary}
This is a guide to effective compliance with the GNU General Public

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comprehensive-gpl-guide.tex
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{\parindent 0in
\begin{tabbing}
Copyright \= \copyright{} 2003--2007, 2014 \hspace{1.mm} \= \kill
Copyright \> \copyright{} 2014 \> Bradley M. Kuhn. \\
Copyright \= \copyright{} 2003--2005, 2008, 2014 \hspace{1.mm} \= \kill
Copyright \> \copyright{} 2003--2005, 2008, 2014 \> Bradley M. Kuhn. \\
Copyright \> \copyright{} 2014 \> Anthony K. Sebro, Jr. \\
Copyright \= \copyright{} 2014 \> Denver Gingerich \\
Copyright \= \copyright{} 2003--2007, 2014 \> \hspace{.2in} Free Software Foundation, Inc. \\
Copyright \= \copyright{} 2014 \> Denver Gingerich. \\
Copyright \= \copyright{} 2003--2007, 2014 \> Free Software Foundation, Inc. \\
Copyright \> \copyright{} 2008, 2014 \> Software Freedom Law Center. \\
\end{tabbing}
\vspace{.3in}
The copyright holders hereby grant the freedom to copy, modify, convey,
Adapt, and/or redistribute this work under the terms of the Creative Commons
The copyright holders grant the freedom to copy, modify, convey,
Adapt, and/or redistribute this work (except
Appendices~\ref{GPLv2-full-text}--\ref{AGPLv3-full-text}) under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International License. A copy of that license is
available at \url{https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode}.
Each part of this book, except the appendix, is separately under this same
license, but copyrighted by different entities at different times. Each part
therefore also contains its own copyright and licensing notice. The notice
above is for the entire work, and includes the full copyright and licensing
details, except for the appendix.
The appendix includes copies of the texts of various licenses published
Appendices~\ref{GPLv2-full-text}--\ref{AGPLv3-full-text} include copies of the texts of various licenses published
by the FSF, and they are all licensed under the license, ``Everyone is permitted
to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing
it is not allowed.''. However, those who seek to make modified versions of
@ -128,10 +123,20 @@ those licenses should note the
\vfill
This material is regularly updated by a community of contributors and is
available online at all times at \url{https://copyleft.org/guide/}. Patches
As a public, collaborative project, this Guide is primarily composed of the
many contributions received via its
\href{https://gitorious.org/copyleft-org/tutorial/source/master:CONTRIBUTING.md}{public
contribution process}. Please
\href{https://gitorious.org/copyleft-org/tutorial/history/master}{review its
Git logs} for full documentation of all contributions, and
Appendix~\ref{third-party-citation-list}
contains a list of third-party works from which some material herein was
adapted.
The most recent version is
available online at \url{https://copyleft.org/guide/}. Patches
are indeed welcome to this material. Sources can be found in the Git
repository at: \url{https://gitorious.org/copyleft-org/tutorial/}
repository at \url{https://gitorious.org/copyleft-org/tutorial/}.
}
\end{center}

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\part{Case Studies in GPL Enforcement}
{\parindent 0in
This part is: \\
\begin{tabbing}
Copyright \= \copyright{} 2003, 2004, 2014 \hspace{1mm} \= \hspace{1.mm} \= \kill
Copyright \> \copyright{} 2014 \> Bradley M. Kuhn. \\
Copyright \> \copyright{} 2014 \> Denver Gingerich \\
Copyright \> \copyright{} 2003, 2004, 2014 \> Free Software Foundation, Inc. \\
\end{tabbing}
\vspace{.2in}
\begin{center}
The copyright holders hereby grant the freedom to copy, modify, convey,
Adapt, and/or redistribute this work under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International License. A copy of that license is
available at \url{https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode}.
\end{center}
\vfill
This work is primarily composed of the many contributions it
receives as a public, collaborative project. Please
\href{https://gitorious.org/copyleft-org/tutorial/history/master:enforcement-case-studies.tex}{review
its Git logs} for full documentation of all contributions.
}
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% START OF SECOND DAY SEMINAR SECTION
% =====================================================================

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gpl-lgpl.tex
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\part{Detailed Analysis of the GNU GPL and Related Licenses}
\label{gpl-lgpl-part}
{\parindent 0in
\tutorialpartsplit{``Detailed Analysis of the GNU GPL and Related Licenses''}{This part} is: \\
\begin{tabbing}
Copyright \= \copyright{} 2003--2007, 2014 \hspace{.1mm} \= \kill
Copyright \> \copyright{} 2014 \> Bradley M. Kuhn \\
Copyright \> \copyright{} 2014 \> Anthony K. Sebro, Jr. \\
Copyright \> \copyright{} 2003--2007, 2014 \> Free Software Foundation, Inc. \\
Copyright \> \copyright{} 2014 \> Software Freedom Law Center.
\end{tabbing}
\vspace{.2in}
\begin{center}
The copyright holders of \tutorialpartsplit{``Detailed Analysis of the GNU GPL and Related Licenses''}{this part} hereby grant the freedom to copy, modify,
convey, Adapt, and/or redistribute this work under the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International License. A copy of that
license is available at
\verb=https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode=.
\end{center}
\vfill
This work is primarily composed of the many contributions it
receives as a public, collaborative project. Please
\href{https://gitorious.org/copyleft-org/tutorial/history/master:gpl-lgpl.tex}{review
its Git logs} for full documentation of all contributions.
}
\pagebreak
\tutorialpartsplit{This tutorial}{This part of the tutorial} gives a
comprehensive explanation of the most popular Free Software copyright
license, the GNU General Public License (``GNU GPL'', or sometimes just

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the GPL family of licenses.
\chapter{The GNU General Public License, version 2}
\label{GPLv2-full-text}
\begin{center}
{\parindent 0in
@ -1745,7 +1746,7 @@ first, please read \texttt{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html}.
\end{enumerate}
\chapter{The Affero General Public License, version 3}
\label{AGPLv3-full-text}
\begin{center}
{\parindent 0in

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% attributions.tex -*- LaTeX -*-
% Part containing all attributions in one place.
%
% Copyright (C) 2014, Bradley M. Kuhn
\chapter{Citations of Incorporated Material from Other Published Works}
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\href{https://gitorious.org/copyleft-org/tutorial/history/master}{Git logs}
of the project.
\label{third-party-citation-list}
\begin{itemize}
\item \textit{Detailed Analysis of the GNU GPL and Related Licenses}, written by
Bradley M. Kuhn, Daniel B.~Ravicher, and John Sullivan and published by the Free Software Foundation for its CLE courses on 2004-01-20,