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@ -2868,13 +2868,13 @@ GPLv3~\S6(b)(2); GPLv3~\S6(d) is a wholly different provision.)
Certain decentralized forms of peer-to-peer file sharing present a challenge
to the unidirectional view of distribution that is implicit in GPLv2 and
Draft 1 of GPLv3. It is neither straightforward nor reasonable to identify
an upstream/downstream link in BitTorrent distribution; such distribution is
multidirectional, cooperative and anonymous. In systems like BitTorrent,
participants act both as transmitters and recipients of blocks of a
particular file, but they see themselves as users and receivers, and not as
distributors in any conventional sense. At any given moment of time, most
peers will not have the complete file.
Draft 1 of GPLv3. Identification of an upstream/downstream link in
BitTorrent distribution is neither straightforward nor reasonable; such
distribution is multidirectional, cooperative and anonymous. In peer-to-peer
distribution systems, participants act both as transmitters and recipients of
blocks of a particular file, but they perceive the experience merely as users
and receivers, and not as distributors in any conventional sense. At any
given moment of time, most peers will not have the complete file.
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