From 9de90679bbc5c3e75f9e2ec9a74581f9f4b421a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 15:16:08 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Rewrite=20this=20paragraph=20on=20GPLv3=C2=A76(?= =?UTF-8?q?d)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- gpl-lgpl.tex | 24 +++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index b9c5bb2..4406e1e 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -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