Wrote section on two copylefts.

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\section{Complexities of Two Simultaneously Popular Copylefts}
Obviously most GPL advocates would prefer widespread migration to GPLv3, and
many newly formed projects who seek a copyleft license tend to choose a
GPLv3-based license. However, many existing copylefted projects continue
with GPLv2-only or GPLv2-or-later as their default license.
While GPLv3 introduces many improvements --- many of which were designed to
increase adoption by for-profit companies --- GPLv2 remains a widely used and
extremely popular license. The GPLv2 is, no doubt, a good and useful
license.
However, unlike GPLv1, which (as pointed out in \S~\ref{GPLv1}), which is
completely out of use by the mid-1990s. However, unlike GPLv1 before it,
GPLv2 remains a integral part of the copyleft licensing infrastructure for
some time to come. As such, those who seek to have expertise in current
topics of copyleft licensing need to study both the GPLv2 and GPLv3 family of
licenses.
Furthermore, GPLv3 can is more easily understood by first studying GPLv2.
This is not only because of their chronological order, but also because much
of the discussion material available for GPLv3 tends to talk about GPLv3 in
contrast to GPLv2. As such, a strong understanding of GPLv2 helps in
understanding most of the third-party material found regarding GPLv3. Thus,
the following chapter begins a deep discussion of GPLv2.
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\chapter{GPLv2: Running Software and Verbatim Copying}