www/licenses gpl-faq.html

[Pavel Kharitonov]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Pavel Kharitonov <ineiev>       12/12/28 04:30:51

Modified files:
        licenses       : gpl-faq.html 

Log message:
        (GPLIncompatibleLibs): Reword and split RT #790741.
        (SystemLibraryException): New section.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/gpl-faq.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.181&r2=1.182

Patches:
Index: gpl-faq.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/gpl-faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.181
retrieving revision 1.182
diff -u -b -r1.181 -r1.182
--- gpl-faq.html        6 Oct 2012 15:34:52 -0000       1.181
+++ gpl-faq.html        28 Dec 2012 04:30:50 -0000      1.182
@@ -545,6 +545,9 @@
     <li><a href="#FSWithNFLibs">Can I write free software that uses
     non-free libraries?</a></li>
 
+    <li><a href="#SystemLibraryException">Can I link a GPL program with
+    a proprietary system library?</a></li>
+
     <li><a href="#GPLIncompatibleLibs">What legal issues come up if I
     use GPL-incompatible libraries with GPL software?</a></li>
   
@@ -1069,10 +1072,9 @@
 GPL-incompatible libraries</a> for more information.</p></dd>
 
 
-<dt id="GPLIncompatibleLibs">What legal issues
-    come up if I use GPL-incompatible libraries with GPL software?
- <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#GPLIncompatibleLibs"
- >#GPLIncompatibleLibs</a>)</span></dt>
+<dt id="SystemLibraryException">Can I link a GPL program with a
+proprietary system library?  <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a
+href="#SystemLibraryException">#SystemLibraryException</a>)</span></dt>
 <dd><p>
 Both versions of the GPL have an exception to their copyleft, commonly
 called the system library exception.  If the GPL-incompatible libraries
@@ -1084,17 +1086,15 @@
 <p>The criteria for what counts as a &quot;system library&quot; vary
 between different versions of the GPL.  GPLv3 explicitly defines
 &quot;System Libraries&quot; in section 1, to exclude it from the
-definition of &quot;Corresponding Source.&quot; GPLv2 says the following,
-near the end of section 3:</p>
-
-<blockquote><p>
-     However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not
-     include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or
-     binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of
-     the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that
-     component itself accompanies the executable.
-</p></blockquote>
+definition of &quot;Corresponding Source.&quot; GPLv2 deals with this
+issue slightly differently, near the end of section 3.</p>
+</dd>
 
+<dt id="GPLIncompatibleLibs">What legal issues
+    come up if I use GPL-incompatible libraries with GPL software?
+ <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#GPLIncompatibleLibs"
+ >#GPLIncompatibleLibs</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
 <p>If you want your program to link against a library not covered by the
 system library exception, you need to provide permission to do that.
 Below are two example license notices that you can use to do that; one
@@ -3585,7 +3585,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2012/10/06 15:34:52 $
+$Date: 2012/12/28 04:30:50 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>