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@node Copying
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@unnumbered GNU General Public License
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@center Version 3, 29 June 2007
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@c This file is intended to be included in another file.
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@display
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Copyright @copyright{} 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @url{http://fsf.org/}
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
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license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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@end display
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@section Preamble
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The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for
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software and other kinds of works.
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The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed
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to take away your freedom to share and change the works. By contrast,
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the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom
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to share and change all versions of a program--to make sure it remains
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free software for all its users. We, the Free Software Foundation,
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use the GNU General Public License for most of our software; it
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applies also to any other work released this way by its authors. You
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can apply it to your programs, too.
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When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
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price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
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have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for
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them if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you
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want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new
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free programs, and that you know you can do these things.
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To protect your rights, we need to prevent others from denying you
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these rights or asking you to surrender the rights. Therefore, you
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have certain responsibilities if you distribute copies of the
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software, or if you modify it: responsibilities to respect the freedom
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of others.
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For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
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gratis or for a fee, you must pass on to the recipients the same
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freedoms that you received. You must make sure that they, too,
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receive or can get the source code. And you must show them these
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terms so they know their rights.
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Developers that use the GNU GPL protect your rights with two steps:
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(1) assert copyright on the software, and (2) offer you this License
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giving you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify it.
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For the developers' and authors' protection, the GPL clearly explains
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that there is no warranty for this free software. For both users' and
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authors' sake, the GPL requires that modified versions be marked as
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changed, so that their problems will not be attributed erroneously to
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authors of previous versions.
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Some devices are designed to deny users access to install or run
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modified versions of the software inside them, although the
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manufacturer can do so. This is fundamentally incompatible with the
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aim of protecting users' freedom to change the software. The
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systematic pattern of such abuse occurs in the area of products for
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individuals to use, which is precisely where it is most unacceptable.
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Therefore, we have designed this version of the GPL to prohibit the
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practice for those products. If such problems arise substantially in
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other domains, we stand ready to extend this provision to those
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domains in future versions of the GPL, as needed to protect the
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freedom of users.
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Finally, every program is threatened constantly by software patents.
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States should not allow patents to restrict development and use of
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software on general-purpose computers, but in those that do, we wish
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to avoid the special danger that patents applied to a free program
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could make it effectively proprietary. To prevent this, the GPL
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assures that patents cannot be used to render the program non-free.
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The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
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modification follow.
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@iftex
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@section TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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@end iftex
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@ifinfo
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@center TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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@end ifinfo
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@enumerate 0
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@item Definitions.
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``This License'' refers to version 3 of the GNU General Public License.
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``Copyright'' also means copyright-like laws that apply to other kinds
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of works, such as semiconductor masks.
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``The Program'' refers to any copyrightable work licensed under this
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License. Each licensee is addressed as ``you''. ``Licensees'' and
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``recipients'' may be individuals or organizations.
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To ``modify'' a work means to copy from or adapt all or part of the work
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in a fashion requiring copyright permission, other than the making of
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an exact copy. The resulting work is called a ``modified version'' of
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the earlier work or a work ``based on'' the earlier work.
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A ``covered work'' means either the unmodified Program or a work based
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on the Program.
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To ``propagate'' a work means to do anything with it that, without
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permission, would make you directly or secondarily liable for
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infringement under applicable copyright law, except executing it on a
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computer or modifying a private copy. Propagation includes copying,
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distribution (with or without modification), making available to the
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public, and in some countries other activities as well.
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To ``convey'' a work means any kind of propagation that enables other
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parties to make or receive copies. Mere interaction with a user
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through a computer network, with no transfer of a copy, is not
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conveying.
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An interactive user interface displays ``Appropriate Legal Notices'' to
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the extent that it includes a convenient and prominently visible
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feature that (1) displays an appropriate copyright notice, and (2)
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tells the user that there is no warranty for the work (except to the
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extent that warranties are provided), that licensees may convey the
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work under this License, and how to view a copy of this License. If
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the interface presents a list of user commands or options, such as a
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menu, a prominent item in the list meets this criterion.
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@item Source Code.
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The ``source code'' for a work means the preferred form of the work for
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making modifications to it. ``Object code'' means any non-source form
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of a work.
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A ``Standard Interface'' means an interface that either is an official
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standard defined by a recognized standards body, or, in the case of
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interfaces specified for a particular programming language, one that
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is widely used among developers working in that language.
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The ``System Libraries'' of an executable work include anything, other
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than the work as a whole, that (a) is included in the normal form of
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packaging a Major Component, but which is not part of that Major
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Component, and (b) serves only to enable use of the work with that
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Major Component, or to implement a Standard Interface for which an
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implementation is available to the public in source code form. A
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``Major Component'', in this context, means a major essential component
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(kernel, window system, and so on) of the specific operating system
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(if any) on which the executable work runs, or a compiler used to
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produce the work, or an object code interpreter used to run it.
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The ``Corresponding Source'' for a work in object code form means all
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the source code needed to generate, install, and (for an executable
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work) run the object code and to modify the work, including scripts to
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control those activities. However, it does not include the work's
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System Libraries, or general-purpose tools or generally available free
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programs which are used unmodified in performing those activities but
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which are not part of the work. For example, Corresponding Source
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includes interface definition files associated with source files for
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the work, and the source code for shared libraries and dynamically
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linked subprograms that the work is specifically designed to require,
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such as by intimate data communication or control flow between those
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subprograms and other parts of the work.
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The Corresponding Source need not include anything that users can
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regenerate automatically from other parts of the Corresponding Source.
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The Corresponding Source for a work in source code form is that same
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work.
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@item Basic Permissions.
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All rights granted under this License are granted for the term of
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copyright on the Program, and are irrevocable provided the stated
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conditions are met. This License explicitly affirms your unlimited
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permission to run the unmodified Program. The output from running a
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covered work is covered by this License only if the output, given its
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content, constitutes a covered work. This License acknowledges your
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rights of fair use or other equivalent, as provided by copyright law.
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You may make, run and propagate covered works that you do not convey,
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without conditions so long as your license otherwise remains in force.
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You may convey covered works to others for the sole purpose of having
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them make modifications exclusively for you, or provide you with
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facilities for running those works, provided that you comply with the
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terms of this License in conveying all material for which you do not
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control copyright. Those thus making or running the covered works for
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you must do so exclusively on your behalf, under your direction and
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control, on terms that prohibit them from making any copies of your
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copyrighted material outside their relationship with you.
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Conveying under any other circumstances is permitted solely under the
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conditions stated below. Sublicensing is not allowed; section 10
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makes it unnecessary.
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@item Protecting Users' Legal Rights From Anti-Circumvention Law.
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No covered work shall be deemed part of an effective technological
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measure under any applicable law fulfilling obligations under article
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11 of the WIPO copyright treaty adopted on 20 December 1996, or
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similar laws prohibiting or restricting circumvention of such
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measures.
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When you convey a covered work, you waive any legal power to forbid
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circumvention of technological measures to the extent such
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circumvention is effected by exercising rights under this License with
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respect to the covered work, and you disclaim any intention to limit
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operation or modification of the work as a means of enforcing, against
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the work's users, your or third parties' legal rights to forbid
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circumvention of technological measures.
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@item Conveying Verbatim Copies.
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You may convey verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you
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receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and
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appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice;
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keep intact all notices stating that this License and any
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non-permissive terms added in accord with section 7 apply to the code;
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keep intact all notices of the absence of any warranty; and give all
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recipients a copy of this License along with the Program.
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You may charge any price or no price for each copy that you convey,
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and you may offer support or warranty protection for a fee.
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@item Conveying Modified Source Versions.
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You may convey a work based on the Program, or the modifications to
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produce it from the Program, in the form of source code under the
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terms of section 4, provided that you also meet all of these
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conditions:
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@enumerate a
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@item
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The work must carry prominent notices stating that you modified it,
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and giving a relevant date.
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@item
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The work must carry prominent notices stating that it is released
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under this License and any conditions added under section 7. This
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requirement modifies the requirement in section 4 to ``keep intact all
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notices''.
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@item
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You must license the entire work, as a whole, under this License to
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anyone who comes into possession of a copy. This License will
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therefore apply, along with any applicable section 7 additional terms,
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to the whole of the work, and all its parts, regardless of how they
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are packaged. This License gives no permission to license the work in
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any other way, but it does not invalidate such permission if you have
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separately received it.
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@item
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If the work has interactive user interfaces, each must display
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Appropriate Legal Notices; however, if the Program has interactive
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interfaces that do not display Appropriate Legal Notices, your work
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need not make them do so.
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@end enumerate
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A compilation of a covered work with other separate and independent
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works, which are not by their nature extensions of the covered work,
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and which are not combined with it such as to form a larger program,
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in or on a volume of a storage or distribution medium, is called an
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``aggregate'' if the compilation and its resulting copyright are not
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used to limit the access or legal rights of the compilation's users
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beyond what the individual works permit. Inclusion of a covered work
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in an aggregate does not cause this License to apply to the other
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parts of the aggregate.
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@item Conveying Non-Source Forms.
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You may convey a covered work in object code form under the terms of
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sections 4 and 5, provided that you also convey the machine-readable
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Corresponding Source under the terms of this License, in one of these
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ways:
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@enumerate a
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@item
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Convey the object code in, or embodied in, a physical product
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(including a physical distribution medium), accompanied by the
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Corresponding Source fixed on a durable physical medium customarily
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used for software interchange.
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@item
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Convey the object code in, or embodied in, a physical product
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(including a physical distribution medium), accompanied by a written
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offer, valid for at least three years and valid for as long as you
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offer spare parts or customer support for that product model, to give
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anyone who possesses the object code either (1) a copy of the
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Corresponding Source for all the software in the product that is
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covered by this License, on a durable physical medium customarily used
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for software interchange, for a price no more than your reasonable
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cost of physically performing this conveying of source, or (2) access
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to copy the Corresponding Source from a network server at no charge.
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@item
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Convey individual copies of the object code with a copy of the written
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offer to provide the Corresponding Source. This alternative is
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allowed only occasionally and noncommercially, and only if you
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received the object code with such an offer, in accord with subsection
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6b.
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@item
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Convey the object code by offering access from a designated place
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(gratis or for a charge), and offer equivalent access to the
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Corresponding Source in the same way through the same place at no
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further charge. You need not require recipients to copy the
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Corresponding Source along with the object code. If the place to copy
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the object code is a network server, the Corresponding Source may be
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on a different server (operated by you or a third party) that supports
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equivalent copying facilities, provided you maintain clear directions
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next to the object code saying where to find the Corresponding Source.
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Regardless of what server hosts the Corresponding Source, you remain
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obligated to ensure that it is available for as long as needed to
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satisfy these requirements.
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@item
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Convey the object code using peer-to-peer transmission, provided you
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inform other peers where the object code and Corresponding Source of
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the work are being offered to the general public at no charge under
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subsection 6d.
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@end enumerate
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A separable portion of the object code, whose source code is excluded
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from the Corresponding Source as a System Library, need not be
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included in conveying the object code work.
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A ``User Product'' is either (1) a ``consumer product'', which means any
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tangible personal property which is normally used for personal,
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family, or household purposes, or (2) anything designed or sold for
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incorporation into a dwelling. In determining whether a product is a
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consumer product, doubtful cases shall be resolved in favor of
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coverage. For a particular product received by a particular user,
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``normally used'' refers to a typical or common use of that class of
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product, regardless of the status of the particular user or of the way
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in which the particular user actually uses, or expects or is expected
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to use, the product. A product is a consumer product regardless of
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whether the product has substantial commercial, industrial or
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non-consumer uses, unless such uses represent the only significant
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mode of use of the product.
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``Installation Information'' for a User Product means any methods,
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procedures, authorization keys, or other information required to
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install and execute modified versions of a covered work in that User
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Product from a modified version of its Corresponding Source. The
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information must suffice to ensure that the continued functioning of
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the modified object code is in no case prevented or interfered with
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solely because modification has been made.
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If you convey an object code work under this section in, or with, or
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specifically for use in, a User Product, and the conveying occurs as
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part of a transaction in which the right of possession and use of the
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User Product is transferred to the recipient in perpetuity or for a
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fixed term (regardless of how the transaction is characterized), the
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Corresponding Source conveyed under this section must be accompanied
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by the Installation Information. But this requirement does not apply
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if neither you nor any third party retains the ability to install
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modified object code on the User Product (for example, the work has
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been installed in ROM).
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The requirement to provide Installation Information does not include a
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requirement to continue to provide support service, warranty, or
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updates for a work that has been modified or installed by the
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recipient, or for the User Product in which it has been modified or
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installed. Access to a network may be denied when the modification
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itself materially and adversely affects the operation of the network
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or violates the rules and protocols for communication across the
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network.
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Corresponding Source conveyed, and Installation Information provided,
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in accord with this section must be in a format that is publicly
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documented (and with an implementation available to the public in
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source code form), and must require no special password or key for
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unpacking, reading or copying.
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@item Additional Terms.
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``Additional permissions'' are terms that supplement the terms of this
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License by making exceptions from one or more of its conditions.
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Additional permissions that are applicable to the entire Program shall
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be treated as though they were included in this License, to the extent
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that they are valid under applicable law. If additional permissions
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apply only to part of the Program, that part may be used separately
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under those permissions, but the entire Program remains governed by
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this License without regard to the additional permissions.
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When you convey a copy of a covered work, you may at your option
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remove any additional permissions from that copy, or from any part of
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it. (Additional permissions may be written to require their own
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removal in certain cases when you modify the work.) You may place
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additional permissions on material, added by you to a covered work,
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for which you have or can give appropriate copyright permission.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, for material you
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add to a covered work, you may (if authorized by the copyright holders
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of that material) supplement the terms of this License with terms:
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@enumerate a
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@item
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Disclaiming warranty or limiting liability differently from the terms
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of sections 15 and 16 of this License; or
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@item
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Requiring preservation of specified reasonable legal notices or author
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attributions in that material or in the Appropriate Legal Notices
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displayed by works containing it; or
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@item
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Prohibiting misrepresentation of the origin of that material, or
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requiring that modified versions of such material be marked in
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reasonable ways as different from the original version; or
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@item
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Limiting the use for publicity purposes of names of licensors or
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authors of the material; or
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@item
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Declining to grant rights under trademark law for use of some trade
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names, trademarks, or service marks; or
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@item
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Requiring indemnification of licensors and authors of that material by
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anyone who conveys the material (or modified versions of it) with
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contractual assumptions of liability to the recipient, for any
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liability that these contractual assumptions directly impose on those
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licensors and authors.
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@end enumerate
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All other non-permissive additional terms are considered ``further
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restrictions'' within the meaning of section 10. If the Program as you
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received it, or any part of it, contains a notice stating that it is
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governed by this License along with a term that is a further
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restriction, you may remove that term. If a license document contains
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a further restriction but permits relicensing or conveying under this
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License, you may add to a covered work material governed by the terms
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of that license document, provided that the further restriction does
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not survive such relicensing or conveying.
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If you add terms to a covered work in accord with this section, you
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must place, in the relevant source files, a statement of the
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additional terms that apply to those files, or a notice indicating
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where to find the applicable terms.
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Additional terms, permissive or non-permissive, may be stated in the
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form of a separately written license, or stated as exceptions; the
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above requirements apply either way.
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@item Termination.
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You may not propagate or modify a covered work except as expressly
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provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to propagate or
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modify it is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under
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this License (including any patent licenses granted under the third
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paragraph of section 11).
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However, if you cease all violation of this License, then your license
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from a particular copyright holder is reinstated (a) provisionally,
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unless and until the copyright holder explicitly and finally
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terminates your license, and (b) permanently, if the copyright holder
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fails to notify you of the violation by some reasonable means prior to
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60 days after the cessation.
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Moreover, your license from a particular copyright holder is
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reinstated permanently if the copyright holder notifies you of the
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violation by some reasonable means, this is the first time you have
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received notice of violation of this License (for any work) from that
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copyright holder, and you cure the violation prior to 30 days after
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your receipt of the notice.
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Termination of your rights under this section does not terminate the
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licenses of parties who have received copies or rights from you under
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this License. If your rights have been terminated and not permanently
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reinstated, you do not qualify to receive new licenses for the same
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material under section 10.
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@item Acceptance Not Required for Having Copies.
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You are not required to accept this License in order to receive or run
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a copy of the Program. Ancillary propagation of a covered work
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occurring solely as a consequence of using peer-to-peer transmission
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to receive a copy likewise does not require acceptance. However,
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nothing other than this License grants you permission to propagate or
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modify any covered work. These actions infringe copyright if you do
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not accept this License. Therefore, by modifying or propagating a
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covered work, you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so.
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@item Automatic Licensing of Downstream Recipients.
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Each time you convey a covered work, the recipient automatically
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receives a license from the original licensors, to run, modify and
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propagate that work, subject to this License. You are not responsible
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for enforcing compliance by third parties with this License.
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An ``entity transaction'' is a transaction transferring control of an
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organization, or substantially all assets of one, or subdividing an
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organization, or merging organizations. If propagation of a covered
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work results from an entity transaction, each party to that
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transaction who receives a copy of the work also receives whatever
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licenses to the work the party's predecessor in interest had or could
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give under the previous paragraph, plus a right to possession of the
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Corresponding Source of the work from the predecessor in interest, if
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the predecessor has it or can get it with reasonable efforts.
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You may not impose any further restrictions on the exercise of the
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rights granted or affirmed under this License. For example, you may
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not impose a license fee, royalty, or other charge for exercise of
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rights granted under this License, and you may not initiate litigation
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(including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that
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any patent claim is infringed by making, using, selling, offering for
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sale, or importing the Program or any portion of it.
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@item Patents.
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A ``contributor'' is a copyright holder who authorizes use under this
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License of the Program or a work on which the Program is based. The
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work thus licensed is called the contributor's ``contributor version''.
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A contributor's ``essential patent claims'' are all patent claims owned
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or controlled by the contributor, whether already acquired or
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hereafter acquired, that would be infringed by some manner, permitted
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by this License, of making, using, or selling its contributor version,
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but do not include claims that would be infringed only as a
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consequence of further modification of the contributor version. For
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purposes of this definition, ``control'' includes the right to grant
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patent sublicenses in a manner consistent with the requirements of
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this License.
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Each contributor grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free
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patent license under the contributor's essential patent claims, to
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make, use, sell, offer for sale, import and otherwise run, modify and
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propagate the contents of its contributor version.
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In the following three paragraphs, a ``patent license'' is any express
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agreement or commitment, however denominated, not to enforce a patent
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(such as an express permission to practice a patent or covenant not to
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sue for patent infringement). To ``grant'' such a patent license to a
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party means to make such an agreement or commitment not to enforce a
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patent against the party.
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If you convey a covered work, knowingly relying on a patent license,
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and the Corresponding Source of the work is not available for anyone
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to copy, free of charge and under the terms of this License, through a
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publicly available network server or other readily accessible means,
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then you must either (1) cause the Corresponding Source to be so
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available, or (2) arrange to deprive yourself of the benefit of the
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patent license for this particular work, or (3) arrange, in a manner
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consistent with the requirements of this License, to extend the patent
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license to downstream recipients. ``Knowingly relying'' means you have
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actual knowledge that, but for the patent license, your conveying the
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covered work in a country, or your recipient's use of the covered work
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in a country, would infringe one or more identifiable patents in that
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country that you have reason to believe are valid.
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If, pursuant to or in connection with a single transaction or
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arrangement, you convey, or propagate by procuring conveyance of, a
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covered work, and grant a patent license to some of the parties
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receiving the covered work authorizing them to use, propagate, modify
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or convey a specific copy of the covered work, then the patent license
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you grant is automatically extended to all recipients of the covered
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work and works based on it.
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A patent license is ``discriminatory'' if it does not include within the
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scope of its coverage, prohibits the exercise of, or is conditioned on
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the non-exercise of one or more of the rights that are specifically
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granted under this License. You may not convey a covered work if you
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are a party to an arrangement with a third party that is in the
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business of distributing software, under which you make payment to the
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third party based on the extent of your activity of conveying the
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work, and under which the third party grants, to any of the parties
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who would receive the covered work from you, a discriminatory patent
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license (a) in connection with copies of the covered work conveyed by
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you (or copies made from those copies), or (b) primarily for and in
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connection with specific products or compilations that contain the
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covered work, unless you entered into that arrangement, or that patent
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license was granted, prior to 28 March 2007.
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Nothing in this License shall be construed as excluding or limiting
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any implied license or other defenses to infringement that may
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otherwise be available to you under applicable patent law.
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@item No Surrender of Others' Freedom.
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If conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
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otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not
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excuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot convey
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a covered work so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under
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this License and any other pertinent obligations, then as a
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consequence you may not convey it at all. For example, if you agree
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to terms that obligate you to collect a royalty for further conveying
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from those to whom you convey the Program, the only way you could
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satisfy both those terms and this License would be to refrain entirely
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from conveying the Program.
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@item Use with the GNU Affero General Public License.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, you have
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permission to link or combine any covered work with a work licensed
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under version 3 of the GNU Affero General Public License into a single
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combined work, and to convey the resulting work. The terms of this
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License will continue to apply to the part which is the covered work,
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|
but the special requirements of the GNU Affero General Public License,
|
|
section 13, concerning interaction through a network will apply to the
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combination as such.
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@item Revised Versions of this License.
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The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
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of the GNU General Public License from time to time. Such new
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versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may
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differ in detail to address new problems or concerns.
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Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program
|
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specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU General Public
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License ``or any later version'' applies to it, you have the option of
|
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following the terms and conditions either of that numbered version or
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of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If
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the Program does not specify a version number of the GNU General
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|
Public License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free
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Software Foundation.
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If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future versions
|
|
of the GNU General Public License can be used, that proxy's public
|
|
statement of acceptance of a version permanently authorizes you to
|
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choose that version for the Program.
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Later license versions may give you additional or different
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permissions. However, no additional obligations are imposed on any
|
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author or copyright holder as a result of your choosing to follow a
|
|
later version.
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@item Disclaimer of Warranty.
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THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
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|
APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
|
|
HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM ``AS IS'' WITHOUT
|
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WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
|
|
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
|
|
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND
|
|
PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE
|
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DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR
|
|
CORRECTION.
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@item Limitation of Liability.
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IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
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WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR
|
|
CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
|
|
INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
|
|
ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT
|
|
NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR
|
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LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM
|
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TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER
|
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PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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@item Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
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If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
|
|
above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
|
|
reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates
|
|
an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
|
|
Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a
|
|
copy of the Program in return for a fee.
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@iftex
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@heading END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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@end iftex
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@ifinfo
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@center END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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@end ifinfo
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@section How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
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|
|
|
If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
|
|
possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
|
|
free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these
|
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terms.
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|
|
|
To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
|
|
to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
|
|
state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
|
|
the ``copyright'' line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
|
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@smallexample
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|
@var{one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.}
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Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{name of author}
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|
|
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
|
|
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
|
|
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
|
|
your option) any later version.
|
|
|
|
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
|
|
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
|
|
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
|
|
General Public License for more details.
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|
|
|
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
|
|
along with this program. If not, see @url{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}.
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@end smallexample
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Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
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|
|
|
If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short
|
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notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
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@smallexample
|
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@var{program} Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{name of author}
|
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This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type @samp{show w}.
|
|
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type @samp{show c} for details.
|
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@end smallexample
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The hypothetical commands @samp{show w} and @samp{show c} should show
|
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the appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, your
|
|
program's commands might be different; for a GUI interface, you would
|
|
use an ``about box''.
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|
|
You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
|
|
if any, to sign a ``copyright disclaimer'' for the program, if necessary.
|
|
For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
|
|
@url{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}.
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|
|
|
The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your
|
|
program into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine
|
|
library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary
|
|
applications with the library. If this is what you want to do, use
|
|
the GNU Lesser General Public License instead of this License. But
|
|
first, please read @url{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html}.
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@end enumerate
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