www/licenses/old-licenses gpl-2.0-faq.html

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 17/03/10 14:12:09

Modified files:
        licenses/old-licenses: gpl-2.0-faq.html 

Log message:
        Fix validation; remove empty <p> elements.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.35&r2=1.36

Patches:
Index: gpl-2.0-faq.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.35
retrieving revision 1.36
diff -u -b -r1.35 -r1.36
--- gpl-2.0-faq.html    10 Mar 2017 15:33:50 -0000      1.35
+++ gpl-2.0-faq.html    10 Mar 2017 19:12:08 -0000      1.36
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@
 GNU GPL for short.  This can be further shortened to
 &ldquo;GPL&rdquo;, when it is understood that the GNU GPL is the one
 intended.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCDoesFreeSoftwareMeanUsingTheGPL" 
name="DoesFreeSoftwareMeanUsingTheGPL">
 Does free software mean using the GPL?</a></b></dt>
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
 list</a>.  Any license that provides the user <a
 href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">certain specific
 freedoms</a> is a free software license.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCWhyUseGPL" name="WhyUseGPL">
 Why should I use the GNU GPL rather than other free software 
licenses?</a></b></dt>
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
 with a proprietary modified version of your own work.  However, in
 some special situations it can be better to use a
 <a href="/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html"> more permissive license</a>.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCDoesAllGNUSoftwareUseTheGNUGPLAsItsLicense" 
name="DoesAllGNUSoftwareUseTheGNUGPLAsItsLicense">
 Does all GNU software use the GNU GPL as its license?</a></b></dt>
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
 GNU programs (and parts of programs) that use looser licenses, such as the
 Lesser GPL.  When we do this, it is a matter of <a
 href="/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html"> strategy</a>.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCDoesUsingTheGPLForAProgramMakeItGNUSoftware" 
name="DoesUsingTheGPLForAProgramMakeItGNUSoftware">
 Does using the GPL for a program make it GNU software?</a></b></dt>
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
 Otherwise, the program's maintainer may be the copyright holder, or
 else could tell you how to contact the copyright holder, so report it
 to the maintainer.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCWhyDoesTheGPLPermitUsersToPublishTheirModifiedVersions" 
name="WhyDoesTheGPLPermitUsersToPublishTheirModifiedVersions">
 Why does the GPL permit users to publish their modified versions?</a></b></dt>
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@
 Yes.  The &ldquo;mere aggregation&rdquo; clause in the GPL makes this
 permission explicit, but that only reinforces what we believe would be
 true anyway.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCCanIDemandACopy" name="CanIDemandACopy">If I know
     someone has a copy of a GPL-covered program, can I demand he give
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@
 No.  The GPL gives him permission to make and redistribute copies of
 the program <em>if and when he chooses to do so</em>.  He also has the
 right not to redistribute the program, when that is what he
-chooses.<p></p></dd>
+chooses.</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCWhatDoesWrittenOfferValid"
         name="WhatDoesWrittenOfferValid"> What does this
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@
 means absolutely everyone&mdash;but this does not require you
 to <strong>do</strong> anything physically for them.  It only means
 they have a license from you, under the GPL, for your version.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCRequiredToClaimCopyright"
         name="RequiredToClaimCopyright">Am I required to claim a copyright
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@
 part and separate it from the rest.  If code was put in the public
 domain by its developer, it is in the public domain no matter where it
 has been.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCDoesTheGPLAllowMoney" name="DoesTheGPLAllowMoney">
         Does the GPL allow me to sell copies of the program for 
money?</a></b></dt>
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@
 there is no limit on what price you can charge.  (The one exception is
 the required written offer to provide source code that must accompany
 binary-only release.)
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCDoesTheGPLAllowDownloadFee" 
name="DoesTheGPLAllowDownloadFee">
        Does the GPL allow me to
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@
 &ldquo;equivalent access&rdquo; to download the
 source&mdash;therefore, the fee to download source may not be greater
 than the fee to download the binary.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCDoesTheGPLAllowRequireFee" 
name="DoesTheGPLAllowRequireFee">
         Does the GPL allow me to require that anyone who receives the software
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@
 them the freedom to release it to the public, with or without a fee.
 For example, someone could pay your fee, and then put her copy on a
 web site for the general public.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCDoesTheGPLAllowNDA" name="DoesTheGPLAllowNDA">
   Does the GPL allow me to distribute copies under a
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@
 version from you has the right to redistribute copies (modified or
 not) of that version.  You may not distribute any version of the work
 on a more restrictive basis.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCDevelopChangesUnderNDA" name="DevelopChangesUnderNDA">
   Does the GPL allow me to develop a modified version under a
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@
 program under the GPL is writing a copyright notice in your own name
 (assuming you are the copyright holder).  The GPL requires all copies
 to carry an appropriate copyright notice.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCWhyMustIInclude" name="WhyMustIInclude">Why does the GPL
         require including a copy of the GPL with every copy of the 
program?</a></b></dt>
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@
 <dd>
 If a single program is that short, you may as well use a simple
 all-permissive license for it, rather than the GNU GPL.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCGPLOmitPreamble"
         name="GPLOmitPreamble">
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@
 <dd>
 See the page of <a href="/licenses/gpl-howto.html">
 GPL instructions</a>.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCHeardOtherLicense" name="HeardOtherLicense">I heard
   that someone got a copy of a GPL'ed program under another license.  Is
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@
 there is no obstacle to your doing this.  If you are the copyright
 holder for the code, you can release it under various different
 non-exclusive licenses at various times.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCDeveloperViolate" name="DeveloperViolate">Is the
   developer of a GPL-covered program bound by the GPL?  Could the
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@
 <dd>
 No, because the public already has the right to use the program under
 the GPL, and this right cannot be withdrawn.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCCanIUseGPLToolsForNF"
   name="CanIUseGPLToolsForNF">Can I use GPL-covered editors such as
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@
 
 <dd>
 Only when the program copies part of itself into the output.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCGPLModuleLicense" name="GPLModuleLicense">If I add
   a module to a GPL-covered program, do I have to use the GPL as the
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCGPLPlugins" name="GPLPlugins">
 When are a program and its plug-ins considered a single combined program?
-</a></b></dd>
+</a></b></dt>
 <dd>
     It depends on how the main program invokes its plug-ins. If the
 main program uses fork and exec to invoke plug-ins, and they establish
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@
 
 <dd>
 Yes.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCSwitchToLGPL" name="SwitchToLGPL">If so, is there
   any chance I could get a license of your program under the Lesser
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@
 use parts of other GPL-covered programs by other authors in your code,
 you cannot authorize the exception for them. You have to get the
 approval of the copyright holders of those programs.
-</p><p></p></dd>
+</p></dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCManyDifferentLicenses"
   name="ManyDifferentLicenses">I have written an application that links
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@
       with a special exception allowing for linking with
       QUUX&rdquo;.</li>
 </ul>
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCMereAggregation" name="MereAggregation">What is
   the difference between &ldquo;mere aggregation&rdquo; and
@@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@
 <dd>
 
 <a href="/licenses/lgpl-java.html">See this article for details.</a>  It works 
as designed, intended, and expected.
-</dd><p></p>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCConsider" name="Consider">Consider this situation:
        1. X releases V1 of a project under the GPL.
@@ -1609,7 +1609,7 @@
 consequence of basing it on X's version V1.  Nothing required Y to
 agree to any other license for its code.  Therefore, X must get Y's
 permission before releasing that code under another license.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCGPLInProprietarySystem"
@@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@
 libstdc++ exception permit dynamic linking?</a></b></dt>
 
 <dd>Yes.  The intent of the exception is to allow people to compile
-proprietary software using gcc.</dd><p></p>
+proprietary software using gcc.</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCMoneyGuzzlerInc" name="MoneyGuzzlerInc">I'd like to
   modify GPL-covered programs and link them with the portability
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@
 be <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html"> free software</a>&mdash;which
 means, in particular, that the source code of the modified version is
 available to the users.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCUnchangedJustBinary"
@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@
 Yes.  The general rule is, if you distribute binaries, you must distribute
 the complete corresponding source code too.  The exception for the case
 where you received a written offer for source code is quite limited.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCDistributeWithSourceOnInternet"
   name="DistributeWithSourceOnInternet">I want to distribute binaries
@@ -1797,7 +1797,7 @@
 the binary that it accompanies.  This is why the GPL says your friend
 must give you a copy of the offer along with a copy of the
 binary&mdash;so you can take advantage of it.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCSourceAndBinaryOnDifferentSites"
   name="SourceAndBinaryOnDifferentSites">Can I put the binaries on my
@@ -1967,7 +1967,7 @@
 distribution.  Note how this differs from the theft case above; the
 company does not intentionally distribute a copy when a copy is
 stolen, so in that case the company has not violated the GPL.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCWhySomeGPLAndNotLGPL"
   name="WhySomeGPLAndNotLGPL">Why are some GNU libraries released under
@@ -2257,7 +2257,7 @@
 such translations soon.</p>
 </li>
 </ul>
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCInterpreterIncompat" name="InterpreterIncompat">If
 a programming language interpreter has a license that is incompatible
@@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@
   way, or add such exceptions to it.  Only the copyright holders of that
   code can add the exception.</li>
 </ol>
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCWhoHasThePower" name="WhoHasThePower">Who has the
 power to enforce the GPL?</a></b></dt>
@@ -2307,7 +2307,7 @@
 or are connected with the copyright holders.  <a
 href="http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ReportingViolation";>Learn
 more about reporting GPL violations.</a>
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCOOPLang" name="OOPLang"> In an object-oriented
@@ -2319,7 +2319,7 @@
 Subclassing is creating a derivative work.  Therefore, the terms of the
 GPL affect the whole program where you create a subclass of a GPL'ed
 class.
-<p></p></dd>
+</dd>
 
 <dt><b><a href="#TOCPortProgramToGL" name="PortProgramToGL">If I port
 my program to GNU/Linux, does that mean I have to release it as Free
@@ -2482,7 +2482,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2017/03/10 15:33:50 $
+$Date: 2017/03/10 19:12:08 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>