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Write paragraph on "unmodified Program", relating it to User Product issue.

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@ -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 compatible with, and not in conflict with, the freedoms that the GPL seeks to
protect, and the GPL cannot and should not restrict them. 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 % FIXME: propagate and convey