From 7b2a1248273205a2cbc6b34a21f64dfc504126c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 08:43:40 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Move this text around to the right place before rewriting it. --- gpl-lgpl.tex | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 0793613..283327f 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -2549,6 +2549,30 @@ requirements. Specifically, GPLv3~\S2\P2 guarantees the basic freedoms of privately modifying and running the program. % FIXME: transition, and some word smith + +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. + +% FIXME: transition, and some word smith + 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}