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149 lines
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% comprehensive-gpl-guide.tex -*- LaTeX -*-
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%
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% Toplevel file to build the entire book.
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\documentclass[10pt, letterpaper, openany, oneside]{book}
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% I'm somewhat convinced that this book would be better formatted using
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% the memoir class :
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% http://www.ctan.org/pkg/memoir
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% http://mirror.unl.edu/ctan/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/memman.pdf
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% For the moment, I've thrown in fancychap because I don't have time to
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% research memoir.
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% FIXME: Some overall formatting hacks that would really help:
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% * I have started using \hyperref[LABEL]{text} extensively, which seems
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% to work great in the PDF and HTML versions, but in the Postscript
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% version, the link lost entirely. I think we need an additional command
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% to replace \hyperref which takes an optional third argument that will
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% insert additional text only when generating print versions, such as:
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% \newhyperref[GPLv2s3]{the requirements for binary distribution under
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% GPLv2}{(see section~\ref*{GPLv2s3} for more information)}
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%
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% This is a careful balance, because it'd be all too easy to over-pepper
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% the printed version with back/forward references, but there are
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% probably times when this is useful.
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% * Similar issue: \href{} is well known not to carry the URLs in the print
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% versions. Adding a footnote with the URL for the print version is
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% probably right. (or maybe a References page?)
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\usepackage{hyperref}
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\usepackage{listings}
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\usepackage{enumerate}
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\usepackage[Conny]{fncychap}
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\usepackage[dvips]{graphicx}
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\usepackage[verbose, twoside, dvips,
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paperwidth=8.5in, paperheight=11in,
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left=1in, right=1in, top=1.25in, bottom=.75in,
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]{geometry}
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\newcommand{\tutorialpartsplit}[2]{#2}
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%\input{no-numbers-on-table-of-contents}
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\hypersetup{pdfinfo={Title={Copyleft and the GNU General Public License: A Comprehensive Tutorial and Guide}}}
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\begin{document}
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\pagestyle{plain}
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\pagenumbering{roman}
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\frontmatter
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\begin{titlepage}
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\begin{center}
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{\Huge
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{\sc Copyleft and the \\
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GNU General Public License:
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\vspace{.25in}
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A Comprehensive Tutorial \\
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and Guide
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}}
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\vfill
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{\parindent 0in
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\begin{tabbing}
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Copyright \= \copyright{} 2003--2007, 2014 \hspace{1.mm} \= \kill
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Copyright \> \copyright{} 2014 \> Bradley M. Kuhn. \\
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Copyright \> \copyright{} 2014 \> Anthony K. Sebro, Jr. \\
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Copyright \= \copyright{} 2014 \> Denver Gingerich \\
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Copyright \= \copyright{} 2003--2007, 2014 \> \hspace{.2in} Free Software Foundation, Inc. \\
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Copyright \> \copyright{} 2008 \> Software Freedom Law Center. \\
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\end{tabbing}
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\vspace{.3in}
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The copyright holders hereby grant the freedom to copy, modify, convey,
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Adapt, and/or redistribute this work under the terms of the Creative Commons
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Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International License. A copy of that license is
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available at \url{https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode}.
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Each part of this book, except the appendix, is separately under this same
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license, but copyrighted by different entities at different times. Each part
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therefore also contains its own copyright and licensing notice. The notice
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above is for the entire work, and includes the full copyright and licensing
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details, except for the appendix.
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The appendix includes copies of the texts of various licenses published
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by the FSF, and they are all licensed under the license, ``Everyone is permitted
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to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing
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it is not allowed.''. However, those who seek to make modified versions of
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those licenses should note the
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\href{https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifyGPL}{explanation given in the GPL FAQ}.
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\vfill
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Patches are welcome to this material. Sources can be found in the Git
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repository at: \url{https://gitorious.org/gpl-compliance-tools/tutorial/}
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}
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\end{center}
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\end{titlepage}
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\tableofcontents
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\chapter{Preface}
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This tutorial is the culmination of nearly a decade of studying and writing
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about software freedom licensing and the GPL\@. Each part of this tutorial
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is a course unto itself, educating the reader on a myriad of topics from the
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deep details of the GPLv2 and GPLv3, common business models in the copyleft
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licensing area (both the friendly and unfriendly kind), best practices for
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compliance with the GPL, for engineers, managers, and lawyers, as well as
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real-world case studies of GPL enforcement matters.
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It is unlikely that all the information herein is necessary to learn all at
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once, and therefore this tutorial likely serves best as a reference book.
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The material herein has been used as the basis for numerous live tutorials
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and discussion groups since 2002, and the materials have been periodically
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updated. They likely stand on their own as excellent reference material.
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However, if you are reading these course materials without attending a live
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tutorial session, please note that this material is merely a summary of the
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highlights of the various CLE and other tutorial courses based on this
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material. Please be aware that during the actual courses, class discussion
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and presentation supplements this printed curriculum. Simply reading this
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material is \textbf{not an equivalent} for attending a course.
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\mainmatter
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\input{gpl-lgpl}
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\input{compliance-guide}
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\input{enforcement-case-studies}
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\appendix
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\input{license-texts}
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\end{document}
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