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Rewrite this paragraph on GPLv3§6(d)

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Bradley M. Kuhn 2014-03-20 15:16:08 -04:00
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@ -2853,23 +2853,25 @@ formally typical historical interpretation of GPLv2.
% FIXME-LATER: perhaps in enforcement section, but maybe here, note about
% ``slow down'' on source downloads being a compliance problem.
% FIXME: where should this go?
We improved the wording of this sentence to provide a clearer expression of
the intended policy. Under the 6d option, you may charge for the conveyed
object code. Those who pay to obtain the object code must be given equivalent
and gratis access to obtain the Corresponding Source. (If you convey the
object code to them gratis, you must likewise make the Corresponding Source
available to them without charge.) Those who do not obtain the object code
from you, perhaps because they choose not to pay the fee you charge, are
outside the scope of the provision; you need not give them any kind of access
to the Corresponding Source.
Furthermore, under GPLv3~\S6(d), distributors may charge for the conveyed
object code; however, those who pay to obtain the object code must be given
equivalent and gratis access to obtain the CCS. (If distributors convey the
object code gratis, distributors must likewise make CCS available without
charge.) Those who do not obtain the object code from that distributors
(perhaps because they choose not to pay the fee for object code) are outside
the scope of the provision; distributors are under no specific obligation to
give CCS to someone who has not purchased an object code download under
GPLv3~\S6(d). (Note: this does not change nor impact any obligations under
GPLv3~\S6(b)(2); GPLv3~\S6(d) is a wholly different provision.)
%FIXME: 6e, peer-to-peer
Informing the peers is clearly enough; what seemed to be an additional
knowledge requirement was superfluous wording.
% FIXME-LATER: Would be nice to explain much more about interactions between
% the various options of GPLv3~\S6(a-e), which might all be in play at once!
% FIXME: Not final paragraph anymore.
The final paragraph of section 6 takes account of the fact that the Complete