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enyst
f31235afbc Possible fixes for incomplete or unclear phrases
Signed-off-by: enyst <engel.nyst@gmail.com>
2014-09-19 18:09:45 -04:00
enyst
d638f60cd9 Fixes for typos
Signed-off-by: enyst <engel.nyst@gmail.com>
2014-09-19 18:09:45 -04:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
b7bb47188f Explain GPLv2 implicit private modification rights
I've long been aware that GPLv2 "technically" governed private
modifications and that generally there were probably more requirements
on privately modified versions of GPLv2'd works than most people assumed
in practice, including commonly held public interpretation by FSF.

HT Wolvereness, who pointed out to me that GPLv3 solved that problem.
When I spoke to Fontana about it, he was indeed aware that this text was
"missing" in GPLv2 and that GPLv3 properly added it, through some
politics during the GPLv3 process.

I've added herein the ultimate historical conclusions about GPLv2's
interpretation and how GPLv3 clarified it.  I've left out the color
about the politics of how it got added, not because they are not
interesting, relevant and germane to tutorial, but because we don't have
a good place yet in the tutorial for discussion of GPLv3 drafting
politics, and frankly if we have such a section, Fontana ought to write
it, not me.
2014-09-19 17:57:52 -04:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
3847ee1c1b Add label for this section. 2014-09-19 17:57:44 -04:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
d982de460a GPLv2§2 is for *distributing* modified versions.
This text needs to be clear that GPLv2§2 doesn't govern merely the act
of modification, but distributing modified versions (in whole or in
part).  The previous text here wasn't clear on that point.
2014-09-19 17:41:00 -04:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
e5ee0fd0a1 GPLv3 clarifies private modification permission.
While both GPLv2 and GPLv3 have long been considered to grant unabridged
right to private modification, GPLv3 has much clearer and explicit
wording to this effect.

This should be noted when that paragraph is explained.  This change
herein does that.

HT Wolvereness for pointing this difference between GPLv2 and GPLv3 out
to me.
2014-09-19 17:36:03 -04:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
b5b0e2403e Opposite meaning was what was desired here.
HT Bob Hogg for discovering this error.
2014-08-12 08:12:49 -04:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
1548847af9 Credit Martin with his copy editing work in each part.
This required some page reformatting (fewer space skipping).
2014-04-24 19:26:02 -04:00
Martin Michlmayr
7648027275 Typo fixes 2014-04-24 19:12:21 -04:00
Martin Michlmayr
85577d597a Misc copy editing: fix some typos, grammar, and formatting errors 2014-04-24 19:12:21 -04:00
Martin Michlmayr
74899d7d1c Fix quotation marks so they show up in the text 2014-04-24 19:12:21 -04:00
Martin Michlmayr
6ba2ff285f Add missing label 2014-04-24 19:12:21 -04:00
Martin Michlmayr
0c48d8fdd3 Fix broken LaTeX ref commands 2014-04-24 19:12:21 -04:00
Martin Michlmayr
f7211a9f8a Fix broken LaTeX section commands 2014-04-24 19:12:21 -04:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
3ed7c26e43 Merge branch 'cle-edits', which brings in Donald's copy-edit changes.
There were minor conflicts in gpl-lgpl.tex.
2014-03-24 06:56:42 -04:00
Bradley M. Kuhn
14e09b0b18 This should not be plural, and an shouldn't be in the quotes. 2014-03-24 05:56:18 -04:00
donaldr3
a577a77eb4 people should email licensing@fsf.org, not compliance@fsf.org 2014-03-21 19:35:10 -04:00
donaldr3
9ab67f3125 the 2014-03-21 19:23:04 -04:00
donaldr3
43cc44ae29 the 2014-03-21 19:17:23 -04:00
donaldr3
c6063eca3c the everywhere 2014-03-21 19:15:20 -04:00
donaldr3
5545101088 the gpl 2014-03-21 19:10:17 -04:00
donaldr3
c2415647a5 the gpl 2014-03-21 19:07:34 -04:00
donaldr3
484ca88b81 remove extra words 2014-03-21 18:40:50 -04:00
donaldr3
d826095d06 multiple copy edits 2014-03-21 18:37:33 -04:00
donaldr3
1aa98048c1 remove repeated phrase 2014-03-21 18:32:42 -04:00
donaldr3
f58920bbe5 the gpl 2014-03-21 18:19:55 -04:00
donaldr3
33e47ace60 multiple edits 2014-03-21 18:00:09 -04:00
donaldr3
a4feaf97bf multiple copy edits 2014-03-21 17:50:54 -04:00
donaldr3
c6183da7fd restructured sentence 2014-03-21 17:48:04 -04:00
donaldr3
30efea6579 the gpl 2014-03-21 17:34:08 -04:00
donaldr3
1070277ed6 the gpl 2014-03-21 17:29:18 -04:00
donaldr3
b776c58280 add of the 2014-03-21 17:26:43 -04:00
donaldr3
814b5ce01c administrative 2014-03-21 17:22:43 -04:00
donaldr3
e1f07949fe the gpl 2014-03-21 17:17:19 -04:00
donaldr3
20fba8b654 removed extra 'software' 2014-03-21 17:10:46 -04:00
donaldr3
58beece8fd multiple copy edits 2014-03-21 17:04:41 -04:00
donaldr3
f167d0387a multiple copy edits 2014-03-21 16:55:06 -04:00
donaldr3
4753f14a82 re-distributors 2014-03-21 16:51:57 -04:00
donaldr3
1dd7d7b4cc the gpl and restriction/condition 2014-03-21 16:50:11 -04:00
donaldr3
30389cad6c multiple copy edits 2014-03-21 16:45:47 -04:00
donaldr3
fd3be34dc4 have/having 2014-03-21 16:32:55 -04:00
donaldr3
7ce3980bd6 multiple copy edits 2014-03-21 16:10:21 -04:00
donaldr3
3e526a2589 multiple copy edits 2014-03-21 16:05:43 -04:00
donaldr3
a7f901e4a3 other/otherwise 2014-03-21 16:04:18 -04:00
donaldr3
0b2aa866a7 remove extra 'the' 2014-03-21 16:02:59 -04:00
donaldr3
04bc20eba7 removed extra 'can' 2014-03-21 16:01:39 -04:00
donaldr3
e1ef7578f7 a/an 2014-03-21 16:01:16 -04:00
donaldr3
ec363feb97 removed extraneous clause 2014-03-21 16:00:52 -04:00
donaldr3
8310c8947a removed extra sentence 2014-03-21 16:00:19 -04:00
donaldr3
f7ff1ac0d5 removed extra word 'which' 2014-03-21 15:59:41 -04:00