From eeaf85134557b474bef747f5fa22233b22f8a9e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 08:40:19 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Write paragraph on "unmodified Program", relating it to User Product issue. --- gpl-lgpl.tex | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 16be0c8..d4d116b 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -2534,7 +2534,13 @@ copyright fair use, or the equivalent under applicable law. These rights are compatible with, and not in conflict with, the freedoms that the GPL seeks to protect, and the GPL cannot and should not restrict them. -% FIXME: phrase ``unmodified Program'' appears due to User Products exception +However, note that (sadly to some copyleft advocates) the unlimited freedom +to run is confined to the \textit{unmodified} Program. This confinement is +unfortunately necessary since Programs that do not qualify as a User Product +in GPLv3~\S6 (see \S~\ref{user-product} in this tutorial) might have certain +unfortunate restrictions on the freedom to run\footnote{See + \S~ref{freedom-to-run} of this tutorial for the details on ``the freedom to + run''.} % FIXME: propagate and convey