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@ -2549,6 +2549,30 @@ requirements. Specifically, GPLv3~\S2\P2 guarantees the basic freedoms of
privately modifying and running the program.
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GPLv3 now gives an explicit permission for a client to provide a copy of
its modified software to a contractor exclusively for that contractor to
modify it further, or run it, on behalf of the client. However, the
client can only exercise this control over its own copyrighted changes
to the GPL-covered program. The parts of the program it obtained from
other contributors must be provided to the contractor with the usual GPL
freedoms.
This permission is stated in section 2. It permits a user to convey
covered works to contractors operating exclusively on the user's behalf,
under the user's direction and control, and to require the contractors
to keep the user's copyrighted changes confidential, but only if the
contractor is limited to acting on the user's behalf, just as the user's
employees would have to act.
The strict conditions in this provision are needed so that it cannot be
twisted to fit other activities, such as making a program available to
users or customers. By making the limits on this provision very narrow,
we ensure that in all other cases the contractor gets the full freedoms
of the GPL.
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The explicit prohibition of sublicensing ensures that enforcement of the GPL
is always by the copyright holder. Usually, sublicensing is regarded as a
practical convenience or necessity for the licensee, to avoid having to
@ -2633,26 +2657,6 @@ activities is not clear and may depend on variations in copyright law.
The practices seem basically harmless, so we have decided to make it
clear they are permitted.
GPLv3 now gives an explicit permission for a client to provide a copy of
its modified software to a contractor exclusively for that contractor to
modify it further, or run it, on behalf of the client. However, the
client can only exercise this control over its own copyrighted changes
to the GPL-covered program. The parts of the program it obtained from
other contributors must be provided to the contractor with the usual GPL
freedoms.
This permission is stated in section 2. It permits a user to convey
covered works to contractors operating exclusively on the user's behalf,
under the user's direction and control, and to require the contractors
to keep the user's copyrighted changes confidential, but only if the
contractor is limited to acting on the user's behalf, just as the user's
employees would have to act.
The strict conditions in this provision are needed so that it cannot be
twisted to fit other activities, such as making a program available to
users or customers. By making the limits on this provision very narrow,
we ensure that in all other cases the contractor gets the full freedoms
of the GPL.
\section{GPLv3~\S3: What Hath DMCA Wrought}
\label{GPLv3s3}