From 7b2a1248273205a2cbc6b34a21f64dfc504126c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" <bkuhn@ebb.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 08:43:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Move this text around to the right place before rewriting it.

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 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}