Copyleft/guide
6
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull requests Projects Releases Packages Wiki Activity Actions

Wordsmith this paragraph.

Browse source
This commit is contained in:
Bradley M. Kuhn 2014-03-20 21:02:16 -04:00 committed by donaldr3
parent 31118ec3c1
commit d9035896ff
1 changed files with 6 additions and 5 deletions
Show stats Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

11
compliance-guide.tex
View file

@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ license is available at
\chapter*{Executive Summary} \chapter*{Executive Summary}
This is a guide to effective compliance with the GNU General Public This is a guide to effective compliance with the GNU General Public
License (GPL) and related licenses. In accordance with the Software License (GPL) and related licenses. Copyleft advocates
Freedom Law Center's (SFLC's) philosophy of assisting the community with usually seek to assist the community with
GPL compliance cooperatively, this guide focuses on avoiding compliance GPL compliance cooperatively. This guide focuses on complying from the
actions and minimizing the negative impact when enforcement actions occur. start, so that readers can learn to avoid enforcement actions entirely, or, at
It introduces and explains basic legal concepts related to the GPL and its least, minimize the negative impact when enforcement actions occur.
This guide introduces and explains basic legal concepts related to the GPL and its
enforcement by copyright holders. It also outlines business practices and enforcement by copyright holders. It also outlines business practices and
methods that lead to better GPL compliance. Finally, it recommends proper methods that lead to better GPL compliance. Finally, it recommends proper
post-violation responses to the concerns of copyright holders. post-violation responses to the concerns of copyright holders.