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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-20 12:40:19
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Write paragraph on "unmodified Program", relating it to User Product issue.

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 compatible with, and not in conflict with, the freedoms that the GPL seeks to
 protect, and the GPL cannot and should not restrict them.
 % FIXME: phrase ``unmodified Program'' appears due to User Products exception
 However, note that (sadly to some copyleft advocates) the unlimited freedom
 to run is confined to the \textit{unmodified} Program.  This confinement is
 unfortunately necessary since Programs that do not qualify as a User Product
 in GPLv3~\S6 (see \S~\ref{user-product} in this tutorial) might have certain
 unfortunate restrictions on the freedom to run\footnote{See
   \S~ref{freedom-to-run} of this tutorial for the details on ``the freedom to
   run''.}
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