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@ -2573,6 +2573,15 @@ to downstream users or customers. By making the limits on this provision
very narrow, GPLv3 ensures that, in all other cases, contractors gets the
full freedoms of the GPL that they deserve.
Large enterprise users of free software often contract with non-employee
developers, often working offsite, to make modifications intended for
the user's private or internal use, and often arrange with other
companies to operate their data centers. Whether GPLv2 permits these
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~\S2's final paragraph includes an explicit prohibition of sublicensing.
This provision ensures that GPL enforcement is always by the copyright
holder. Usually, sublicensing is regarded as a practical convenience or
@ -2645,15 +2654,6 @@ works; rather, GPLv3 forbids the use of DRM specifically to lock-down
restrictions on users' ability to install modified versions of the GPL'd
software itself, but again, \textit{only} with regard to User Products.
Large enterprise users of free software often contract with non-employee
developers, often working offsite, to make modifications intended for
the user's private or internal use, and often arrange with other
companies to operate their data centers. Whether GPLv2 permits these
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.
\section{GPLv3~\S3: What Hath DMCA Wrought}
\label{GPLv3s3}