www/licenses gpl-faq.html

[Donald R Robertson III]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Donald R Robertson III <donald> 13/03/25 20:36:12

Modified files:
        licenses       : gpl-faq.html 

Log message:
        updated controlled interface exception for GPLv3

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/gpl-faq.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.185&r2=1.186

Patches:
Index: gpl-faq.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/gpl-faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.185
retrieving revision 1.186
diff -u -b -r1.185 -r1.186
--- gpl-faq.html        28 Feb 2013 17:09:28 -0000      1.185
+++ gpl-faq.html        25 Mar 2013 20:36:11 -0000      1.186
@@ -1677,23 +1677,28 @@
 combined work based on ABC.  Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU
 General Public License cover the whole combination.</p>
 
-<p>In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders of ABC give
+<p>As a special exception, the copyright holders of ABC give
 you permission to combine ABC program with free software programs or
 libraries that are released under the GNU LGPL and with independent
 modules that communicate with ABC solely through the ABCDEF interface.
 You may copy and distribute such a system following the terms of the
 GNU GPL for ABC and the licenses of the other code concerned, provided
 that you include the source code of that other code when and as the
-GNU GPL requires distribution of source code.</p>
+GNU GPL requires distribution of source code and provided that you do not 
modify the ABCDEF interface.</p>
 
 <p>Note that people who make modified versions of ABC are not obligated
 to grant this special exception for their modified versions; it is
 their choice whether to do so.  The GNU General Public License gives
 permission to release a modified version without this exception; this
 exception also makes it possible to release a modified version which
-carries forward this exception.</p>
+carries forward this exception.If you modify the ABCDEF interface, this 
exception does not apply to your modified version of ABC, and you must remove 
this exception when you distribute your modified version.</p>
+
+<p>This exception is an additional permission under section 7 of the GNU 
General Public License, version 3 ("GPLv3")</p>
+
 </blockquote>
 
+<p>This exception enables linking with differently licensed modules over the 
specified interface ("ABCDEF"), while ensuring that users would still receive 
source code as they normally would under the GPL.</p>
+
 <p>Only the copyright holders for the program can legally authorize this
 exception. If you wrote the whole program yourself, then assuming your
 employer or school does not claim the copyright, you are the copyright
@@ -3603,7 +3608,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2013/02/28 17:09:28 $
+$Date: 2013/03/25 20:36:11 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>