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4 @node GPL, Tips, GNU Free Documentation License, Top | |
5 @comment node-name, next, previous, up | |
6 @appendix GNU General Public License | |
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556 or convey a specific copy of the covered work, then the patent license | |
557 you grant is automatically extended to all recipients of the covered | |
558 work and works based on it. | |
559 | |
560 A patent license is ``discriminatory'' if it does not include within the | |
561 scope of its coverage, prohibits the exercise of, or is conditioned on | |
562 the non-exercise of one or more of the rights that are specifically | |
563 granted under this License. You may not convey a covered work if you | |
564 are a party to an arrangement with a third party that is in the | |
565 business of distributing software, under which you make payment to the | |
566 third party based on the extent of your activity of conveying the | |
567 work, and under which the third party grants, to any of the parties | |
568 who would receive the covered work from you, a discriminatory patent | |
569 license (a) in connection with copies of the covered work conveyed by | |
570 you (or copies made from those copies), or (b) primarily for and in | |
571 connection with specific products or compilations that contain the | |
572 covered work, unless you entered into that arrangement, or that patent | |
573 license was granted, prior to 28 March 2007. | |
574 | |
575 Nothing in this License shall be construed as excluding or limiting | |
576 any implied license or other defenses to infringement that may | |
577 otherwise be available to you under applicable patent law. | |
578 | |
579 @item No Surrender of Others' Freedom. | |
580 | |
581 If conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or | |
582 otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not | |
583 excuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot convey | |
584 a covered work so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under | |
585 this License and any other pertinent obligations, then as a | |
586 consequence you may not convey it at all. For example, if you agree | |
587 to terms that obligate you to collect a royalty for further conveying | |
588 from those to whom you convey the Program, the only way you could | |
589 satisfy both those terms and this License would be to refrain entirely | |
590 from conveying the Program. | |
591 | |
592 @item Use with the GNU Affero General Public License. | |
593 | |
594 Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, you have | |
595 permission to link or combine any covered work with a work licensed | |
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597 combined work, and to convey the resulting work. The terms of this | |
598 License will continue to apply to the part which is the covered work, | |
599 but the special requirements of the GNU Affero General Public License, | |
600 section 13, concerning interaction through a network will apply to the | |
601 combination as such. | |
602 | |
603 @item Revised Versions of this License. | |
604 | |
605 The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions | |
606 of the GNU General Public License from time to time. Such new | |
607 versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may | |
608 differ in detail to address new problems or concerns. | |
609 | |
610 Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program | |
611 specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU General Public | |
612 License ``or any later version'' applies to it, you have the option of | |
613 following the terms and conditions either of that numbered version or | |
614 of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If | |
615 the Program does not specify a version number of the GNU General | |
616 Public License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free | |
617 Software Foundation. | |
618 | |
619 If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future versions | |
620 of the GNU General Public License can be used, that proxy's public | |
621 statement of acceptance of a version permanently authorizes you to | |
622 choose that version for the Program. | |
623 | |
624 Later license versions may give you additional or different | |
625 permissions. However, no additional obligations are imposed on any | |
626 author or copyright holder as a result of your choosing to follow a | |
627 later version. | |
628 | |
629 @item Disclaimer of Warranty. | |
630 | |
631 THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY | |
632 APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT | |
633 HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM ``AS IS'' WITHOUT | |
634 WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT | |
635 LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR | |
636 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND | |
637 PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE | |
638 DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR | |
639 CORRECTION. | |
640 | |
641 @item Limitation of Liability. | |
642 | |
643 IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING | |
644 WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR | |
645 CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, | |
646 INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES | |
647 ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT | |
648 NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR | |
649 LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM | |
650 TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER | |
651 PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. | |
652 | |
653 @item Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16. | |
654 | |
655 If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided | |
656 above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms, | |
657 reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates | |
658 an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the | |
659 Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a | |
660 copy of the Program in return for a fee. | |
661 | |
662 @end enumerate | |
663 | |
664 @heading END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS | |
665 | |
666 @heading How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs | |
667 | |
668 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest | |
669 possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it | |
670 free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these | |
671 terms. | |
672 | |
673 To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest | |
674 to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively | |
675 state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least | |
676 the ``copyright'' line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. | |
677 | |
678 @smallexample | |
679 @var{one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.} | |
680 Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{name of author} | |
681 | |
682 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify | |
683 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by | |
684 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at | |
685 your option) any later version. | |
686 | |
687 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but | |
688 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
689 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU | |
690 General Public License for more details. | |
691 | |
692 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License | |
693 along with this program. If not, see @url{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}. | |
694 @end smallexample | |
695 | |
696 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. | |
697 | |
698 If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short | |
699 notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode: | |
700 | |
701 @smallexample | |
702 @var{program} Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{name of author} | |
703 This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type @samp{show w}. | |
704 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it | |
705 under certain conditions; type @samp{show c} for details. | |
706 @end smallexample | |
707 | |
708 The hypothetical commands @samp{show w} and @samp{show c} should show | |
709 the appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, your | |
710 program's commands might be different; for a GUI interface, you would | |
711 use an ``about box''. | |
712 | |
713 You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school, | |
714 if any, to sign a ``copyright disclaimer'' for the program, if necessary. | |
715 For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see | |
716 @url{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}. | |
717 | |
718 The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your | |
719 program into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine | |
720 library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary | |
721 applications with the library. If this is what you want to do, use | |
722 the GNU Lesser General Public License instead of this License. But | |
723 first, please read @url{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html}. | |
724 | |
725 @ignore | |
726 arch-tag: d00ac830-e120-41fb-bbc5-7ca3eeaa227f | |
727 @end ignore |