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@ -2447,22 +2447,6 @@ issue only comes up in distribution of object code, it is more logical to
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place those requirements with the parts of GPLv3 dealing directly with object
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code distribution).
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% FIXME: this goes somewhere else
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In Draft 3 we instead use a definition of ``Installation Information'' in
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section 6 that is as simple and clear as that goal. Installation Information
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is information that is ``required to install and execute modified versions of
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a covered work \dots from a modified version of its Corresponding Source,''
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in the same User Product for which the covered work is conveyed. We provide
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guidance concerning how much information must be provided: it ``must suffice
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to ensure that the continued functioning of the modified object code is in no
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case prevented or interfered with solely because modification has been
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made.'' For example, the information provided would be insufficient if it
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enabled a modified version to run only in a disabled fashion, solely because
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of the fact of modification (regardless of the actual nature of the
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modification). The information need not consist of cryptographic keys;
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Installation Information may be ``any methods, procedures, authorization
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keys, or other information.''
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% FIXME: Standard Interface
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@ -3067,6 +3051,23 @@ support for a work that has been modified or installed on a User
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Product. The Final Draft adds that there is similarly no requirement to
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provide warranty or support for the User Product itself.
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% FIXME: this needs integration
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In Draft 3 we instead use a definition of ``Installation Information'' in
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section 6 that is as simple and clear as that goal. Installation Information
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is information that is ``required to install and execute modified versions of
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a covered work \dots from a modified version of its Corresponding Source,''
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in the same User Product for which the covered work is conveyed. We provide
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guidance concerning how much information must be provided: it ``must suffice
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to ensure that the continued functioning of the modified object code is in no
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case prevented or interfered with solely because modification has been
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made.'' For example, the information provided would be insufficient if it
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enabled a modified version to run only in a disabled fashion, solely because
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of the fact of modification (regardless of the actual nature of the
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modification). The information need not consist of cryptographic keys;
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Installation Information may be ``any methods, procedures, authorization
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keys, or other information.''
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%FIXME: This probably needs work to be brought into clarity with tutorial,
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%next three paragarphs.
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