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Move this stuff to the right place and get subsection number right.

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@ -2750,6 +2750,12 @@ particular, the modified files themselves need no longer be marked. This
reduces administrative burdens for developers of modified versions of GPL'd reduces administrative burdens for developers of modified versions of GPL'd
software. software.
GPLv3\S5(b) is a new but simple provision. GPLv3\S5(b) requires that the
license text itself must be unmodified (except as permitted by GPLv3\S7; see
\S~\ref{GPLv3s7} in this tutorial). Furthermore, it removes any perceived
conflict between the words ``keep intact all notices'' in GPLv3\S4, since
operating under GPLv3\S5 still includes all the requirements of GPLv3\S4 by
reference.
% FIXME: It's now (b) and (c). Also, ``validity'' of proprietary % FIXME: It's now (b) and (c). Also, ``validity'' of proprietary
% relicensing? Give me a break. I'll fix that. % relicensing? Give me a break. I'll fix that.
@ -2761,8 +2767,7 @@ states that the GPL applies to the whole of the work. Such was stated
already in GPLv2\S2(b), in ``in whole or in part'', but this simplified already in GPLv2\S2(b), in ``in whole or in part'', but this simplified
wording makes it clear the entire covered work wording makes it clear the entire covered work
GPLv3\S5(c) notes that the license text itself must be unmodified (except as Another change in GPLv3\S5(c) is the removal of the
permitted by GPLv3\S7.. Another change in GPLv3\S5(c) is the removal of the
words ``at no charge,'' which was often is misunderstood upon na\"{i}ve words ``at no charge,'' which was often is misunderstood upon na\"{i}ve
reading of in GPLv2\S(b) (as discussed in \S~\ref{GPLv2s2-at-no-charge} of this reading of in GPLv2\S(b) (as discussed in \S~\ref{GPLv2s2-at-no-charge} of this
tutorial). tutorial).