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donaldr3 - 10 years ago 2014-03-21 21:34:08
donald@copyrighteous.office.fsf.org
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@@ -2305,7 +2305,7 @@ GPLv2 included a defined term, ``work based on the Program'', but also used
 
the term ``modify'' and ``based on'' throughout the license.  GPLv2's ``work
 
based on the Program'' definition made use of a legal term of art,
 
``derivative work'', which is peculiar to USA copyright law.  However,
 
ironically, the most criticism of USA-specific legal terminology in GPLv2's
 
ironically, most criticism of USA-specific legal terminology in GPLv2's
 
``work based on the Program'' definition historically came not primarily from
 
readers outside the USA, but from those within it\footnote{The FSF noted in
 
  that it did not generally agree with these views, and expressed puzzlement
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@@ -2380,7 +2380,7 @@ but it also makes clear that, under the copyright laws of a given country,
 
Thus, propagation is defined by behavior, and not by categories drawn from
 
some particular national copyright statute.  This helps not only with
 
internationalization, but also factually-based terminology aids in
 
developers' and users' understanding of GPL\@.
 
developers' and users' understanding of the GPL\@.
 

	
 
\subsection{Convey}
 

	
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