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From: |
Donald R Robertson III |
Subject: |
www/licenses gpl-faq.html |
Date: |
Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:36:12 +0000 |
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>
- www/licenses gpl-faq.html,
Donald R Robertson III <=