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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-21 16:53:20
bkuhn@ebb.org
Rework and rewrite paragraph on additional permissions.
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@@ -3098,22 +3098,29 @@ GPL'd code.
 

	
 
\subsection{Additional Permissions}
 

	
 
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The GPL is a statement of permissions, some of which have conditions.
 
Additional terms, terms that supplement those of the GPL, may come to be
 
placed on, or removed from, GPL-covered code in certain common ways.  We
 
consider those added terms ``additional permissions'' if they grant
 
Additional terms --- terms that supplement those of the GPL --- may come to be
 
placed on, or removed from, GPL-covered code in certain common ways.
 
Copyleft licensing theorists have generally called
 
 those added terms ``additional permissions'' if they grant
 
exceptions from the conditions of the GPL, and ``additional requirements'' if
 
they add conditions to the basic permissions of the GPL. The treatment of
 
they add conditions to the basic permissions of the GPL\@. The treatment of
 
additional permissions and additional requirements under GPLv3 is necessarily
 
asymmetrical, because they do not raise the same ethical and interpretive
 
asymmetrical, because they do not raise the same interpretive
 
issues; in particular, additional requirements, if allowed without careful
 
limitation, could transform a GPL'd program into a non-free one.  With these
 
principles in the background, section 7 answers the following questions: (1)
 
How do the presence of additional terms on all or part of a GPL'd program
 
affect users' rights? (2) When and how may a licensee add terms to code being
 
distributed under the GPL? (3) When may a licensee remove additional terms?
 
limitation, could transform a GPL'd program into a non-free one.
 

	
 
With these principles in the background, GPLv3~\S7  answers the following
 
questions: 
 
\begin{enumerate}
 
\item How do the presence of additional terms on all or part of a GPL'd program
 
affect users' rights?
 

	
 
\item When and how may a licensee add terms to code being
 
distributed under the GPL? 
 

	
 
\item When may a licensee remove additional terms?
 
\end{enumerate}
 

	
 
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