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Mike Linksvayer
312718cda0 it's is 2014-11-16 10:38:12 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
a5fa6ca556 2 paras in a row start with However, 2014-11-16 10:38:12 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
b35e89a8d8 more powerful interest*s* implicitly allied 2014-11-16 10:38:11 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
a867743eb3 para prohibit*s* anyone 2014-11-16 10:38:11 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
784976f1e3 consistent singular 2014-11-16 10:38:11 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
38329c1b5a "an set" 2014-11-16 10:38:11 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
126d4fc041 cap The in middle of sentence 2014-11-16 10:38:11 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
b8ec5dbbe9 it indicate*s* 2014-11-16 10:37:45 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
5f18dfd82f add needed connecting word/punctuation 2014-11-16 10:37:45 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
4b25ade520 two "Furthermore..." sentences in a row 2014-11-16 10:37:45 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
e52a3d32dc relate sections -> related sections 2014-11-16 10:37:45 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
5084f8b60f disparate not desperate views 2014-11-16 10:37:45 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
057263d799 "would sometimes allowing distributors" 2014-11-16 10:37:45 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
26c0a26169 "designed as part to permit" -> "designed to permit" 2014-11-16 10:37:45 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
706e29388f consistent plural examples 2014-11-16 10:37:45 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
5bc731e260 "includes with particular examples" drop "with" 2014-11-16 10:37:45 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
95ff20c420 "rather bulk term" -> "rather bulky term" 2014-11-16 10:37:45 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
9641e72df0 consistent fn follows punctuation 2014-11-16 10:37:45 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
37bdf9cadd typos/extra words 2014-11-16 10:35:50 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
d3f9715bce "because GPLv2~\S2(b)" with nothing following doesn't work in discussion of that section, removed 2014-11-16 10:35:50 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
fcb21b4a38 "does grants such permission" 2014-11-16 10:32:41 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
468946040b "the Maryland" 2014-11-16 10:32:41 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
dd20a395b7 not all cc sharealike licenses are copyleft, so be specific
automatic relicensing is an exaggeration
cc by-sa case is even more nuanced, briefly mention in fn
2014-11-16 10:32:41 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
652ff19285 ultimately is superfluous, fix typo 2014-11-16 10:32:41 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
2a390dd465 "other or additional" redundant 2014-11-16 10:32:41 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
241bdebac0 all four freedoms are necessary 2014-11-16 10:32:41 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
e665db106e yet again, software not the giver 2014-11-16 10:32:41 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
4dfdaa4fac software != granting actor again 2014-11-16 10:32:41 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
913a5f4940 programs are not actors 2014-11-16 10:32:41 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
abff2d8c4a incorrect plural 2014-11-16 10:32:41 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
e449a1c3ab "successfully benefit" is redundant 2014-11-16 10:32:41 -05:00
Mike Linksvayer
fc0e9f723e "successful reader" an odd phrase and high bar for literacy 2014-11-16 10:32:41 -05:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
d2e67f88c3 Spell check and correction.
Seems there were a lot of correctly spelled words missing from the
LocalWords lists as well.
2014-11-13 13:05:33 -05:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
652c240896 Grammar and wording fix.
I think this sentence was improperly merged together with another one in
a previous commit and therefore needed correction.
2014-11-13 12:53:48 -05:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
954f35615d Replace ’ with '.
The unicode ’ was introduced by the pasted text mention in the previous
commits.  While I believe LaTeX can be configured to accept Unicode
quote equivalents, it seems simpler to me merely to replace the
character with an appropriate version that LaTeX expects in this
situation by default.
2014-11-13 12:48:25 -05:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
9f34658440 Integrate pasted text regarding LGPL.
Much of the pasted text here was useful.  However, some of the claims
were broad reaching, I've reigned those in.  (e.g., saying "Taken
together, these provisions mean:" was a bit strong).

Also, in that specific spot, the conclusions made in the text were
described as applying to LGPLv2.1, but are clearly conclusions about
LGPLv3.  I've corrected that herein.

Finally, I had to write a bunch of next text to make the pasted text
work, and also added one FIXME for later of where things could be
improved further.
2014-11-13 12:25:13 -05:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
895d387cc7 Add label for discussion of GPLv2§3(b). 2014-11-13 12:24:39 -05:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
e5669e4779 Correct \begin and \end{itemize} spelling. 2014-11-13 11:34:33 -05:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
d8d666d5da Pasted sentence usable as is.
I simply combined this pasted sentence with the previous paragraph; I
think it probably works as-is.
2014-11-13 10:57:50 -05:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
065a88d180 Incorporate pasted text re: AGPLv3/GPLv3 combos.
This text was mostly useful as is.  However, it failed to make a key
point I've often made: that the combinations created by comingling
AGPLv3'd code with GPLv3'd code may be difficult to disentangle, and
thus in practice, it may turn out that such a combination effectively
must be licensed as a whole under AGPLv3, even if technically some
copyrights included therein are GPLv3'd.

In practice, this nuance is only a technical barrier, since complying
fully with AGPLv3 automatically complies with GPLv3.
2014-11-13 10:54:37 -05:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
65179995e9 Comment out text that may or may not be useful.
I'm not sure this text is actually useful, so I've commented it out.
2014-11-13 10:52:45 -05:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
c3815b0689 Integrate pasted introductory text for GPLv3§11.
This text was (on the whole) useful as introductory text to this
tutorial's existing extensive section on GPLv3§11.

The example, however, belonged further down in the section, so I've
placed it there.
2014-11-13 10:50:57 -05:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
1e0d39fe72 Integrate pasted text on GPLv3§10.
Most of this text was useful, particularly since there was a previous
FIXME here that GPLv3§10 was not extensively discussed.

However, the same footnote regarding Jaeger's opinion under German
copyright law applies to this text, so a reference back to it has herein
been added.
2014-11-13 10:41:56 -05:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
345da0fc2e Integrate pasted & commented out text for GPLv3§7.
The pasted text, most of which was useful, is now integrated as the
desired laundry-list of GPLv3§7 subsection explanations.

This also allowed for easy integration of some of the older
commented-out text that originally came from GPLv3 rationale documents.

Meanwhile, however, I discovered, upon more careful examination of the
pasted text, a serious and grave error regarding GPLv3§7(d).
Specifically, GPLv3§7(d) makes the modern "third clause" of the 3-Clause
BSD compatible with the GPL, *not* the problematic old-school BSD
advertising clause (from the 4-Clause BSD).

I'm amazed that anyone versed in licensing could make this error,
frankly, and readers should be told, since other materials are now
disseminated by others, that the point is incorrect.  Therefore, I've
not only noted the correct compatibility conclusion, but also
affirmatively identified the incorrectness of the wrong conclusion that
was previously added via the pasted text from SFLC's "Guide".

Finally, on a LaTeX formatting note, the enumitem package is now needed
since I'm using that for the list of GPLv3§7 subsections.
2014-11-13 10:32:54 -05:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
fd69b39c38 Properly close \footnote{}. 2014-11-13 07:57:18 -05:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
ea8cab561d Rewrite pasted paragraph with historical context.
This change perhaps is somewhat controversial, but reflects honest
reality of this history of additional requirements on GPL.  The
additional requirements that GPLv3 permits mostly represent historically
known situations where GPLv2 permitted license compatibility with Free
Software licenses containing such requirements.

Orthodox compatibility theory demands that such additional requirements
have explicit codification in a copyleft license, which hints at why
GPLv3 needed to include this section.

However, historical copyright holder toleration of these sorts of
requirements placed on GPLv2 works is well-documented, and failure to
mention it here is a disservice to the reader.
2014-11-13 07:41:08 -05:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
f03369c7ed Integrate introductory paragraph from pasted text
Most of the pasted text served as a useful introductory paragraph.

I also made some wordsmith changes to the following few paragraphs.
2014-11-13 07:36:41 -05:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
11fd5c29ca Once sentence here was not redundant.
Most of the pasted text was redundant to the existing guide text, but
one sentence reiterates a useful point in a creative way, so that
sentence is herein integrated into the preceding paragraph.
2014-11-12 14:02:42 -05:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
387f2c4ace Incorporate pasted text into intro paragraph.
Some of this text was useful as part of the introduction paragraph.
2014-11-12 13:59:04 -05:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
2145b87982 Simply remove this pasted text.
Upon second reading of this text, I don't know why I saved it.  The
existing guide already covers these issues adequately, and there is no
specific place I could find where this new text worked well as an
introductory paragraph (as has been done with others of these pasted
texts).
2014-11-12 13:26:47 -05:00