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New GPLv3, 1st draft (long - entire draft posted, reformatted)
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\r\nGPLv3 Draft\r\nby johns \ufffd last modified 2006-01-15 18:44\r\n\r\n

GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
\r\nDiscussion Draft 1 of Version 3, 16 Jan 2006\r\n\r\n

THIS IS A DRAFT, NOT A PUBLISHED VERSION OF THE GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.\r\n\r\n

Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Preamble\r\n\r\n

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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE\r\nTERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION\r\n\r\n

0. Definitions.\r\n\r\n

A "licensed program" means any program or other work distributed under\r\nthis License. The "Program" refers to any such program or work, and a\r\n"work based on the Program" means either the Program or any derivative work\r\nunder copyright law: that is to say, a work containing the Program or a\r\nportion of it, either modified or unmodified. Throughout this License, the\r\nterm "modification" includes, without limitation, translation and\r\nextension. A "covered work" means either the Program or any work based on\r\nthe Program. Each licensee is addressed as "you".\r\n\r\n

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The "source code" for a work means the preferred form of the work\r\nfor making modifications to it. "Object code" means any non-source\r\nversion of a work.\r\n\r\n

The "Complete Corresponding Source Code" for a work in object code form\r\nmeans all the source code needed to understand, adapt, modify, compile,\r\nlink, install, and run the work, excluding general-purpose tools used in\r\nperforming those activities but which are not part of the work. For\r\nexample, this includes any scripts used to control those activities, and\r\nany shared libraries and dynamically linked subprograms that the work is\r\ndesigned to require, such as by intimate data communication or control flow\r\nbetween those subprograms and other parts of the work, and interface\r\ndefinition files associated with the program source files.\r\n\r\n

Complete Corresponding Source Code also includes any encryption or\r\nauthorization codes necessary to install and/or execute the source code of\r\nthe work, perhaps modified by you, in the recommended or principal context\r\nof use, such that its functioning in all circumstances is identical to that\r\nof the work, except as altered by your modifications. It also includes any\r\ndecryption codes necessary to access or unseal the work's output.\r\nNotwithstanding this, a code need not be included in cases where use of the\r\nwork normally implies the user already has it.\r\n\r\n

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As a free software license, this License intrinsically disfavors\r\ntechnical attempts to restrict users' freedom to copy, modify, and share\r\ncopyrighted works. Each of its provisions shall be interpreted in light of\r\nthis specific declaration of the licensor's intent. Regardless of any\r\nother provision of this License, no permission is given to distribute\r\ncovered works that illegally invade users' privacy, nor for modes of\r\ndistribution that deny users that run covered works the full exercise of\r\nthe legal rights granted by this License.\r\n\r\n

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4.[1] Verbatim Copying.\r\n\r\n

You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source\r\ncode as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously\r\nand appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright\r\nnotice; keep intact all license notices and notices of the absence of\r\nany warranty; give all recipients of the Program a copy of this\r\nLicense along with the Program; and obey any additional terms present\r\non parts of the Program in accord with section 7.\r\n\r\n

You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and\r\nyou may at your option offer warranty protection for a fee.\r\n\r\n

5.[2] Distributing Modified Source Versions.\r\n\r\n

Having modified a copy of the Program under the conditions of section\r\n2, thus forming a work based on the Program, you may copy and distribute\r\nsuch modifications or work in the form of source code under the terms of\r\nSection 4 above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:\r\n\r\n

a) The modified work must carry prominent notices stating that you\r\nchanged the work and the date of any change.\r\n\r\n

b) You must license the entire modified work, as a whole, under\r\nthis License to anyone who comes into possession of a copy. This\r\nLicense must apply, unmodified except as permitted by section 7\r\nbelow, to the whole of the work. This License gives no permission\r\nto license the work in any other way, but it does not invalidate\r\nsuch permission if you have separately received it.\r\n\r\n

c) If the modified work has interactive user interfaces, each must\r\ninclude a convenient feature that displays an appropriate\r\ncopyright notice, and tells the user that there is no warranty for\r\nthe program (or that you provide a warranty), that users may\r\nredistribute the modified work under these conditions, and how to\r\nview a copy of this License together with the central list (if any) of\r\nother terms in accord with section 7. If the interface presents a\r\nlist of user commands or options, such as a menu, a command to\r\ndisplay this information must be prominent in the list.\r\nOtherwise, the modified work must display this information at\r\nstartup--except in the case that the Program has such\r\ninteractive modes and does not display this information at\r\nstartup.\r\n\r\n

These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If\r\nidentifiable sections of that work, added by you, are not derived from\r\nthe Program, and can be reasonably considered independent and separate\r\nworks in themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to\r\nthose sections when you distribute them as separate works for use not\r\nin combination with the Program. But when you distribute the same\r\nsections for use in combination with covered works, no matter in what\r\nform such combination occurs, the whole of the combination must be\r\nlicensed under this License, whose permissions for other licensees\r\nextend to the entire whole, and thus to every part of the whole. Your\r\nsections may carry other terms as part of this combination in limited\r\nways, described in section 7.\r\n\r\n

Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest\r\nyour rights to work written entirely by you; rather, the intent is to\r\nexercise the right to control the distribution of derivative or\r\ncollective works based on the Program.\r\n\r\n

A compilation of a covered work with other separate and independent\r\nworks, which are not by their nature extensions of the covered work,\r\nin or on a volume of a storage or distribution medium, is called an\r\n"aggregate" if the copyright resulting from the compilation is not\r\nused to limit the legal rights of the compilation's users beyond what\r\nthe individual works permit. Mere inclusion of a covered work in an\r\naggregate does not cause this License to apply to the other parts of\r\nthe aggregate.\r\n\r\n

6.[3] Non-Source Distribution.\r\n\r\nYou may copy and distribute a covered work in Object Code form under the\r\nterms of Sections 4 and 5, provided that you also distribute the\r\nmachine-readable Complete Corresponding Source Code (herein the\r\n"Corresponding Source") under the terms of this License, in one of these\r\nways:\r\n\r\n

a) Distribute the Object Code in a physical product (including a\r\nphysical distribution medium), accompanied by the Corresponding Source\r\ndistributed on a durable physical medium customarily used for software\r\ninterchange; or,\r\n\r\n

b) Distribute the Object Code in a physical product (including a\r\nphysical distribution medium), accompanied by a written offer, valid\r\nfor at least three years and valid for as long as you offer spare parts\r\nor customer support for that product model, to give any third party,\r\nfor a price no more than ten times your cost of physically performing\r\nsource distribution, a copy of the Corresponding Source for all the\r\nsoftware in the product that is covered by this License, on a durable\r\nphysical medium customarily used for software interchange; or,\r\n\r\n

c) Privately distribute the Object Code with a copy of the written\r\noffer to provide the Corresponding Source. This alternative is\r\nallowed only for occasional noncommercial distribution, and only\r\nif you received the Object Code with such an offer, in accord with\r\nSubsection b above. Or,\r\n\r\n

d) Distribute the Object Code by offering access to copy it\r\nfrom a designated place, and offer equivalent access to copy\r\nthe Corresponding Source in the same way through the same place.\r\nYou need not require recipients to copy the Corresponding Source\r\nalong with the Object Code.\r\n\r\n

[If the place to copy the Object Code is a network server, the\r\nCorresponding Source may be on a different server that supports\r\nequivalent copying facilities, provided you have explicitly\r\narranged with the operator of that server to keep the\r\nCorresponding Source available for as long as needed to satisfy\r\nthese requirements, and provided you maintain clear directions\r\nnext to the Object Code saying where to find the Corresponding\r\nSource.]\r\n\r\n

Distribution of the Corresponding Source in accord with this section\r\nmust be in a format that is publicly documented, unencumbered by\r\npatents, and must require no special password or key for unpacking,\r\nreading or copying.\r\n\r\n

The Corresponding Source may include portions which do not formally\r\nstate this License as their license, but qualify under section 7\r\nfor inclusion in a work under this License.\r\n\r\n

7. License Compatibility.\r\n\r\n

When you release a work based on the Program, you may include your own\r\nterms covering added parts for which you have, or can give,\r\nappropriate copyright permission, as long as those terms clearly permit\r\nall the activities that this License permits, or permit usage or\r\nrelicensing under this License. Your terms may be written separately or\r\nmay be this License plus additional written permission. If you so license\r\nyour own added parts, those parts may be used separately under your\r\nterms, but the entire work remains under this License. Those who copy\r\nthe work, or works based on it, must preserve your terms just as they\r\nmust preserve this License, as long as any substantial portion of the parts\r\nthey apply to are present.\r\n\r\n

Aside from additional permissions, your terms may add limited kinds of\r\nadditional requirements on your added parts, as follows:\r\n\r\n

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b) They may state a disclaimer of warranty and liability in terms\r\ndifferent from those used in this License.\r\n\r\n

c) They may prohibit or limit the use for publicity purposes of specified\r\nnames of contributors, and they may require that certain specified\r\ntrademarks be used for publicity purposes only in the ways that are\r\nfair use under trademark law except with express permission.\r\n\r\n

d) They may require that the work contain functioning facilities that\r\nallow users to immediately obtain copies of its Complete Corresponding\r\nSource Code.\r\n\r\n

e) They may impose software patent retaliation, which means permission\r\nfor use of your added parts terminates or may be terminated, wholly or\r\npartially, under stated conditions, for users closely related to any\r\nparty that has filed a software patent lawsuit (i.e., a lawsuit\r\nalleging that some software infringes a patent). The conditions must\r\nlimit retaliation to a subset of these two cases: 1. Lawsuits that lack\r\nthe justification of retaliating against other software patent lawsuits\r\nthat lack such justification. 2. Lawsuits that target part of this\r\nwork, or other code that was elsewhere released together with the parts\r\nyou added, the whole being under the terms used here for those parts.\r\n\r\n

No other additional conditions are permitted in your terms; therefore, no\r\nother conditions can be present on any work that uses this License. This\r\nLicense does not attempt to enforce your terms, or assert that they are\r\nvalid or enforceable by you; it simply does not prohibit you from employing\r\nthem.\r\n\r\n

When others modify the work, if they modify your parts of it, they may\r\nrelease such parts of their versions under this License without additional\r\npermissions, by including notice to that effect, or by deleting the notice\r\nthat gives specific permissions in addition to this License. Then any\r\nbroader permissions granted by your terms which are not granted by this\r\nLicense will not apply to their modifications, or to the modified versions\r\nof your parts resulting from their modifications. However, the specific\r\nrequirements of your terms will still apply to whatever was derived from\r\nyour added parts.\r\n\r\n

Unless the work also permits distribution under a previous version of\r\nthis License, all the other terms included in the work under this section\r\nmust be listed, together, in a central list in the work.\r\n\r\n

8.[4] Termination.\r\n\r\n

You may not propagate, modify or sublicense the Program except as\r\nexpressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to\r\npropagate, modify or sublicense the Program is void, and any copyright\r\nholder may terminate your rights under this License at any time after\r\nhaving notified you of the violation by any reasonable means within 60\r\ndays of any occurrence. However, parties who have received copies, or\r\nrights, from you under this License will not have their licenses\r\nterminated so long as they remain in full compliance.\r\n\r\n

9.[5] Not a Contract.\r\n\r\n

You are not required to accept this License in order to receive a copy of\r\nthe Program. However, nothing else grants you permission to propagate or\r\nmodify the Program or any covered works. These actions infringe copyright\r\nif you do not accept this License. Therefore, by modifying or propagating\r\nthe Program (or any covered work), you indicate your acceptance of this\r\nLicense to do so, and all its terms and conditions.\r\n\r\n

10.[6] Automatic Licensing of Downstream Users.\r\n\r\n

Each time you redistribute a covered work, the recipient automatically\r\nreceives a license from the original licensors, to propagate and modify\r\nthat work, subject to this License, including any additional terms\r\nintroduced through section 7. You may not impose any further restrictions\r\non the recipients' exercise of the rights thus granted or affirmed, except\r\n(when modifying the work) in the limited ways permitted by section 7. You\r\nare not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to this\r\nLicense.\r\n\r\n

11. Licensing of Patents.\r\n\r\n

When you distribute a covered work, you grant a patent license to\r\nthe recipient, and to anyone that receives any version of the work,\r\npermitting, for any and all versions of the covered work, all\r\nactivities allowed or contemplated by this License, such as\r\ninstalling, running and distributing versions of the work, and using\r\ntheir output. This patent license is nonexclusive, royalty-free and\r\nworldwide, and covers all patent claims you control or have the right\r\nto sublicense, at the time you distribute the covered work or in the\r\nfuture, that would be infringed or violated by the covered work or any\r\nreasonably contemplated use of the covered work.\r\n\r\n

If you distribute a covered work knowingly relying on a patent license,\r\nyou must act to shield downstream users against the possible patent\r\ninfringement claims from which your license protects you.\r\n\r\n

12.[7] Liberty or Death for the Program.\r\n\r\n

If conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or\r\notherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not\r\nexcuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot distribute\r\nthe Program, or other covered work, so as to satisfy simultaneously your\r\nobligations under this License and any other pertinent obligations, then as\r\na consequence you may not distribute it at all. For example, if a patent\r\nlicense would not permit royalty-free redistribution by all those who\r\nreceive copies directly or indirectly through you, then the only way you\r\ncould satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from\r\ndistribution.\r\n\r\n

It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any\r\npatents or other exclusive rights or to contest their legal validity.\r\nThe sole purpose of this section is to protect the integrity of the\r\nfree software distribution system. Many people have made generous\r\ncontributions to the wide range of software distributed through that\r\nsystem in reliance on consistent application of that system; it is up\r\nto the author/donor to decide if he or she is willing to distribute\r\nsoftware through any other system and a licensee cannot impose that\r\nchoice.\r\n\r\n

[13.[8] Geographical Limitations.\r\n\r\n

If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in certain\r\ncountries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the original\r\ncopyright holder who places the Program under this License may add an\r\nexplicit geographical distribution limitation excluding those countries,\r\nso that distribution is permitted only in or among countries not thus\r\nexcluded. In such case, this License incorporates the limitation as if\r\nwritten in the body of this License.]\r\n\r\n

14.[9] Revised Versions of this License.\r\n\r\n

The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of\r\nthe GNU General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will\r\nbe similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to\r\naddress new problems or concerns.\r\n\r\n

Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program\r\nspecifies that a certain numbered version of this License "or any\r\nlater version" applies to it, you have the option of following the\r\nterms and conditions either of that numbered version or of any later\r\nversion published by the Free Software Foundation. If the Program\r\ndoes not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any\r\nversion ever published by the Free Software Foundation.\r\n\r\n

15.[10] Requesting Exceptions.\r\n\r\n

If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free\r\nprograms whose distribution conditions are different, write to the author\r\nto ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by the Free\r\nSoftware Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes\r\nmake exceptions for this. Our decision will be guided by the two goals\r\nof preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and\r\nof promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.\r\n\r\n

NO WARRANTY\r\n\r\n

16.[11] There is no warranty for the Program, to the extent permitted by\r\napplicable law. Except when otherwise stated in writing the copyright\r\nholders and/or other parties provide the Program "as is" without warranty\r\nof any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to,\r\nthe implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular\r\npurpose. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the Program\r\nis with you. Should the Program prove defective, you assume the cost of\r\nall necessary servicing, repair or correction.\r\n\r\n

17.[12] In no event unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing\r\nwill any copyright holder, or any other party who may modify and/or\r\nredistribute the Program as permitted above, be liable to you for damages,\r\nincluding any general, special, incidental or consequential damages arising\r\nout of the use or inability to use the Program (including but not limited\r\nto loss of data or data being rendered inaccurate or losses sustained by\r\nyou or third parties or a failure of the Program to operate with any other\r\nprograms), even if such holder or other party has been advised of the\r\npossibility of such damages.\r\n\r\n

18. Unless specifically stated, the Program has not been tested for use\r\nin safety critical systems.\r\n\r\n

END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS\r\n\r\n

How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs\r\n\r\n

If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest\r\npossible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it\r\nfree software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.\r\n\r\n

To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest\r\nto attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively\r\nconvey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least\r\nthe "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.\r\n\r\n

<one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>\r\nCopyright (C) <year> <name of author>\r\n\r\n

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify\r\nit under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by\r\nthe Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or\r\n(at your option) any later version.\r\n\r\n

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,\r\nbut WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of\r\nMERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the\r\nGNU General Public License for more details.\r\n\r\n

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License\r\nalong with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,\r\nInc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA\r\n\r\n\r\n

Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.\r\n\r\n

If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short\r\nnotice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:\r\n\r\n

Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author\r\nGnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.\r\nThis is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it\r\nunder certain conditions; type `show c' for details.\r\n\r\n

The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate\r\nparts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may\r\nbe called something other than `show w' and `show c'; for a GUI interface,\r\nyou would use an "About box" instead.\r\n\r\n

You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your\r\nschool, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if\r\nnecessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:\r\n\r\n

Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program\r\n`Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.\r\n\r\n

<signature of Rich R. Thanus>, 1 April 1989\r\nRich R. Thanus, Peripheral Visionary\r\n\r\n

For more information on how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see\r\n[link|http://www.gnu.org/licenses|http://www.gnu.org/licenses].\r\n\r\n

The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program\r\ninto proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you\r\nmay consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with\r\nthe library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General\r\nPublic License instead of this License.

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Imric's Tips for Living\r\n
  • Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
  • Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
  • Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.


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As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
 
 
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Imric's Tips for Living
  • Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
  • Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
  • Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.


Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
 
 
New On first reading
I'm fairly happy with it, though the comments Greg pointed out shows that this is indeed a first draft, and will need revision. I don't see onerous requirements to publish source mods to server software (as long as the objects aren't distributed), though the term 'private modifications' might need some explanation/expansion.

*whew*

I'm glad I was wrong.

Imric's Tips for Living
  • Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
  • Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
  • Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.


Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
 
 
New It's on Groklaw.
[link|http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060117122603204|Reactions to the GPLv3 Draft and a GLPv2-V3 Comparative Chart].

Cheers,
Scott.
New Nice Comments page...
[link|http://gplv3.fsf.org/comments/|http://gplv3.fsf.org/comments/]

Looky what they are doing.

Also, I haven't seen a diff tween v3 and other versions.


Also, the version I got in e-mail is different from yours Skip. Mine matches the "comments" page.
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Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars?
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New vim diff no good for this
Either the text is substantially different, or 'diff' is too confused by the changes for vim to represent them in an unserstandable way.
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     GPLv3, 1st draft (long - entire draft posted, reformatted) - (imric) - (6)
         Has anyone posted a diff vs. V2? -NT - (drewk) - (3)
             I haven't even had time to SKIM the thing yet - (imric) - (1)
                 On first reading - (imric)
             It's on Groklaw. - (Another Scott)
         Nice Comments page... - (folkert) - (1)
             vim diff no good for this - (drewk)

This is nothing compared to Grand Theft Auto III, because you can't steal a taxi cab, pick up somebody, then drive into the ocean with him.
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