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