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4 @node GPL, Tips, GNU Free Documentation License, Top
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5 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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6 @appendix GNU General Public License
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7 @c The GNU General Public License.
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8 @center Version 3, 29 June 2007
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10 @c This file is intended to be included within another document,
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11 @c hence no sectioning command or @node.
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13 @display
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14 Copyright @copyright{} 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @url{http://fsf.org/}
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16 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
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17 license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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18 @end display
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19
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20 @heading Preamble
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21
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22 The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for
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23 software and other kinds of works.
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24
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25 The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed
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26 to take away your freedom to share and change the works. By contrast,
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27 the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom
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28 to share and change all versions of a program---to make sure it remains
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29 free software for all its users. We, the Free Software Foundation,
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30 use the GNU General Public License for most of our software; it
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31 applies also to any other work released this way by its authors. You
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32 can apply it to your programs, too.
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33
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34 When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
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35 price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
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36 have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for
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37 them if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you
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38 want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new
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39 free programs, and that you know you can do these things.
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40
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41 To protect your rights, we need to prevent others from denying you
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42 these rights or asking you to surrender the rights. Therefore, you
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43 have certain responsibilities if you distribute copies of the
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44 software, or if you modify it: responsibilities to respect the freedom
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45 of others.
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46
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47 For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
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48 gratis or for a fee, you must pass on to the recipients the same
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49 freedoms that you received. You must make sure that they, too,
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50 receive or can get the source code. And you must show them these
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51 terms so they know their rights.
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52
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53 Developers that use the GNU GPL protect your rights with two steps:
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54 (1) assert copyright on the software, and (2) offer you this License
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55 giving you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify it.
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56
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57 For the developers' and authors' protection, the GPL clearly explains
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58 that there is no warranty for this free software. For both users' and
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59 authors' sake, the GPL requires that modified versions be marked as
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60 changed, so that their problems will not be attributed erroneously to
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61 authors of previous versions.
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62
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63 Some devices are designed to deny users access to install or run
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64 modified versions of the software inside them, although the
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65 manufacturer can do so. This is fundamentally incompatible with the
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66 aim of protecting users' freedom to change the software. The
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67 systematic pattern of such abuse occurs in the area of products for
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68 individuals to use, which is precisely where it is most unacceptable.
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69 Therefore, we have designed this version of the GPL to prohibit the
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70 practice for those products. If such problems arise substantially in
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71 other domains, we stand ready to extend this provision to those
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72 domains in future versions of the GPL, as needed to protect the
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73 freedom of users.
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74
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75 Finally, every program is threatened constantly by software patents.
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76 States should not allow patents to restrict development and use of
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77 software on general-purpose computers, but in those that do, we wish
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78 to avoid the special danger that patents applied to a free program
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79 could make it effectively proprietary. To prevent this, the GPL
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80 assures that patents cannot be used to render the program non-free.
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81
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82 The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
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83 modification follow.
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84
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85 @heading TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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87 @enumerate 0
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88 @item Definitions.
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89
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90 ``This License'' refers to version 3 of the GNU General Public License.
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91
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92 ``Copyright'' also means copyright-like laws that apply to other kinds
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93 of works, such as semiconductor masks.
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94
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95 ``The Program'' refers to any copyrightable work licensed under this
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96 License. Each licensee is addressed as ``you''. ``Licensees'' and
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97 ``recipients'' may be individuals or organizations.
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98
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99 To ``modify'' a work means to copy from or adapt all or part of the work
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100 in a fashion requiring copyright permission, other than the making of
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101 an exact copy. The resulting work is called a ``modified version'' of
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102 the earlier work or a work ``based on'' the earlier work.
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103
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104 A ``covered work'' means either the unmodified Program or a work based
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105 on the Program.
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106
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107 To ``propagate'' a work means to do anything with it that, without
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108 permission, would make you directly or secondarily liable for
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109 infringement under applicable copyright law, except executing it on a
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110 computer or modifying a private copy. Propagation includes copying,
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111 distribution (with or without modification), making available to the
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112 public, and in some countries other activities as well.
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113
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114 To ``convey'' a work means any kind of propagation that enables other
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115 parties to make or receive copies. Mere interaction with a user
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116 through a computer network, with no transfer of a copy, is not
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117 conveying.
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119 An interactive user interface displays ``Appropriate Legal Notices'' to
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120 the extent that it includes a convenient and prominently visible
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121 feature that (1) displays an appropriate copyright notice, and (2)
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122 tells the user that there is no warranty for the work (except to the
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123 extent that warranties are provided), that licensees may convey the
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124 work under this License, and how to view a copy of this License. If
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125 the interface presents a list of user commands or options, such as a
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126 menu, a prominent item in the list meets this criterion.
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127
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128 @item Source Code.
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129
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130 The ``source code'' for a work means the preferred form of the work for
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131 making modifications to it. ``Object code'' means any non-source form
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132 of a work.
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133
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134 A ``Standard Interface'' means an interface that either is an official
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135 standard defined by a recognized standards body, or, in the case of
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136 interfaces specified for a particular programming language, one that
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137 is widely used among developers working in that language.
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138
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139 The ``System Libraries'' of an executable work include anything, other
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140 than the work as a whole, that (a) is included in the normal form of
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141 packaging a Major Component, but which is not part of that Major
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142 Component, and (b) serves only to enable use of the work with that
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143 Major Component, or to implement a Standard Interface for which an
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144 implementation is available to the public in source code form. A
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145 ``Major Component'', in this context, means a major essential component
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146 (kernel, window system, and so on) of the specific operating system
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147 (if any) on which the executable work runs, or a compiler used to
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148 produce the work, or an object code interpreter used to run it.
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149
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150 The ``Corresponding Source'' for a work in object code form means all
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151 the source code needed to generate, install, and (for an executable
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152 work) run the object code and to modify the work, including scripts to
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153 control those activities. However, it does not include the work's
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154 System Libraries, or general-purpose tools or generally available free
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155 programs which are used unmodified in performing those activities but
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156 which are not part of the work. For example, Corresponding Source
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157 includes interface definition files associated with source files for
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158 the work, and the source code for shared libraries and dynamically
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159 linked subprograms that the work is specifically designed to require,
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160 such as by intimate data communication or control flow between those
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161 subprograms and other parts of the work.
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162
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163 The Corresponding Source need not include anything that users can
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164 regenerate automatically from other parts of the Corresponding Source.
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165
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166 The Corresponding Source for a work in source code form is that same
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167 work.
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168
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169 @item Basic Permissions.
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170
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171 All rights granted under this License are granted for the term of
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172 copyright on the Program, and are irrevocable provided the stated
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173 conditions are met. This License explicitly affirms your unlimited
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174 permission to run the unmodified Program. The output from running a
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175 covered work is covered by this License only if the output, given its
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176 content, constitutes a covered work. This License acknowledges your
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177 rights of fair use or other equivalent, as provided by copyright law.
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178
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179 You may make, run and propagate covered works that you do not convey,
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180 without conditions so long as your license otherwise remains in force.
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181 You may convey covered works to others for the sole purpose of having
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182 them make modifications exclusively for you, or provide you with
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183 facilities for running those works, provided that you comply with the
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184 terms of this License in conveying all material for which you do not
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185 control copyright. Those thus making or running the covered works for
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186 you must do so exclusively on your behalf, under your direction and
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187 control, on terms that prohibit them from making any copies of your
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188 copyrighted material outside their relationship with you.
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189
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190 Conveying under any other circumstances is permitted solely under the
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191 conditions stated below. Sublicensing is not allowed; section 10
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192 makes it unnecessary.
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193
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194 @item Protecting Users' Legal Rights From Anti-Circumvention Law.
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195
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196 No covered work shall be deemed part of an effective technological
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197 measure under any applicable law fulfilling obligations under article
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198 11 of the WIPO copyright treaty adopted on 20 December 1996, or
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199 similar laws prohibiting or restricting circumvention of such
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200 measures.
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201
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202 When you convey a covered work, you waive any legal power to forbid
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203 circumvention of technological measures to the extent such
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204 circumvention is effected by exercising rights under this License with
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205 respect to the covered work, and you disclaim any intention to limit
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206 operation or modification of the work as a means of enforcing, against
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207 the work's users, your or third parties' legal rights to forbid
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208 circumvention of technological measures.
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209
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210 @item Conveying Verbatim Copies.
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211
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212 You may convey verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you
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213 receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and
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214 appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice;
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215 keep intact all notices stating that this License and any
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216 non-permissive terms added in accord with section 7 apply to the code;
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217 keep intact all notices of the absence of any warranty; and give all
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218 recipients a copy of this License along with the Program.
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219
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220 You may charge any price or no price for each copy that you convey,
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221 and you may offer support or warranty protection for a fee.
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222
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223 @item Conveying Modified Source Versions.
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224
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225 You may convey a work based on the Program, or the modifications to
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226 produce it from the Program, in the form of source code under the
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227 terms of section 4, provided that you also meet all of these
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228 conditions:
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229
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230 @enumerate a
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231 @item
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232 The work must carry prominent notices stating that you modified it,
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233 and giving a relevant date.
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234
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235 @item
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236 The work must carry prominent notices stating that it is released
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237 under this License and any conditions added under section 7. This
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238 requirement modifies the requirement in section 4 to ``keep intact all
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239 notices''.
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240
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241 @item
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242 You must license the entire work, as a whole, under this License to
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243 anyone who comes into possession of a copy. This License will
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244 therefore apply, along with any applicable section 7 additional terms,
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245 to the whole of the work, and all its parts, regardless of how they
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246 are packaged. This License gives no permission to license the work in
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247 any other way, but it does not invalidate such permission if you have
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248 separately received it.
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249
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250 @item
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251 If the work has interactive user interfaces, each must display
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252 Appropriate Legal Notices; however, if the Program has interactive
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253 interfaces that do not display Appropriate Legal Notices, your work
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254 need not make them do so.
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255 @end enumerate
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256
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257 A compilation of a covered work with other separate and independent
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258 works, which are not by their nature extensions of the covered work,
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259 and which are not combined with it such as to form a larger program,
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260 in or on a volume of a storage or distribution medium, is called an
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261 ``aggregate'' if the compilation and its resulting copyright are not
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262 used to limit the access or legal rights of the compilation's users
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263 beyond what the individual works permit. Inclusion of a covered work
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264 in an aggregate does not cause this License to apply to the other
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265 parts of the aggregate.
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266
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267 @item Conveying Non-Source Forms.
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268
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269 You may convey a covered work in object code form under the terms of
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270 sections 4 and 5, provided that you also convey the machine-readable
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271 Corresponding Source under the terms of this License, in one of these
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272 ways:
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273
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274 @enumerate a
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275 @item
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276 Convey the object code in, or embodied in, a physical product
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277 (including a physical distribution medium), accompanied by the
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278 Corresponding Source fixed on a durable physical medium customarily
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279 used for software interchange.
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280
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281 @item
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282 Convey the object code in, or embodied in, a physical product
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283 (including a physical distribution medium), accompanied by a written
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284 offer, valid for at least three years and valid for as long as you
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285 offer spare parts or customer support for that product model, to give
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286 anyone who possesses the object code either (1) a copy of the
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287 Corresponding Source for all the software in the product that is
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288 covered by this License, on a durable physical medium customarily used
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289 for software interchange, for a price no more than your reasonable
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290 cost of physically performing this conveying of source, or (2) access
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291 to copy the Corresponding Source from a network server at no charge.
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292
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293 @item
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294 Convey individual copies of the object code with a copy of the written
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295 offer to provide the Corresponding Source. This alternative is
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296 allowed only occasionally and noncommercially, and only if you
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297 received the object code with such an offer, in accord with subsection
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298 6b.
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299
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300 @item
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301 Convey the object code by offering access from a designated place
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302 (gratis or for a charge), and offer equivalent access to the
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303 Corresponding Source in the same way through the same place at no
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304 further charge. You need not require recipients to copy the
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305 Corresponding Source along with the object code. If the place to copy
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306 the object code is a network server, the Corresponding Source may be
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307 on a different server (operated by you or a third party) that supports
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308 equivalent copying facilities, provided you maintain clear directions
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309 next to the object code saying where to find the Corresponding Source.
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310 Regardless of what server hosts the Corresponding Source, you remain
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311 obligated to ensure that it is available for as long as needed to
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312 satisfy these requirements.
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313
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314 @item
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315 Convey the object code using peer-to-peer transmission, provided you
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316 inform other peers where the object code and Corresponding Source of
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317 the work are being offered to the general public at no charge under
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318 subsection 6d.
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319
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320 @end enumerate
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321
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322 A separable portion of the object code, whose source code is excluded
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323 from the Corresponding Source as a System Library, need not be
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324 included in conveying the object code work.
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325
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326 A ``User Product'' is either (1) a ``consumer product'', which means any
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327 tangible personal property which is normally used for personal,
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328 family, or household purposes, or (2) anything designed or sold for
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329 incorporation into a dwelling. In determining whether a product is a
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330 consumer product, doubtful cases shall be resolved in favor of
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331 coverage. For a particular product received by a particular user,
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332 ``normally used'' refers to a typical or common use of that class of
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333 product, regardless of the status of the particular user or of the way
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334 in which the particular user actually uses, or expects or is expected
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335 to use, the product. A product is a consumer product regardless of
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336 whether the product has substantial commercial, industrial or
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337 non-consumer uses, unless such uses represent the only significant
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338 mode of use of the product.
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339
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340 ``Installation Information'' for a User Product means any methods,
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341 procedures, authorization keys, or other information required to
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342 install and execute modified versions of a covered work in that User
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343 Product from a modified version of its Corresponding Source. The
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344 information must suffice to ensure that the continued functioning of
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345 the modified object code is in no case prevented or interfered with
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346 solely because modification has been made.
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347
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348 If you convey an object code work under this section in, or with, or
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349 specifically for use in, a User Product, and the conveying occurs as
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350 part of a transaction in which the right of possession and use of the
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351 User Product is transferred to the recipient in perpetuity or for a
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352 fixed term (regardless of how the transaction is characterized), the
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353 Corresponding Source conveyed under this section must be accompanied
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354 by the Installation Information. But this requirement does not apply
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355 if neither you nor any third party retains the ability to install
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356 modified object code on the User Product (for example, the work has
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357 been installed in ROM).
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358
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359 The requirement to provide Installation Information does not include a
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360 requirement to continue to provide support service, warranty, or
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361 updates for a work that has been modified or installed by the
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362 recipient, or for the User Product in which it has been modified or
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363 installed. Access to a network may be denied when the modification
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364 itself materially and adversely affects the operation of the network
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365 or violates the rules and protocols for communication across the
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366 network.
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367
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368 Corresponding Source conveyed, and Installation Information provided,
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369 in accord with this section must be in a format that is publicly
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370 documented (and with an implementation available to the public in
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371 source code form), and must require no special password or key for
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372 unpacking, reading or copying.
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373
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374 @item Additional Terms.
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375
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376 ``Additional permissions'' are terms that supplement the terms of this
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377 License by making exceptions from one or more of its conditions.
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378 Additional permissions that are applicable to the entire Program shall
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379 be treated as though they were included in this License, to the extent
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380 that they are valid under applicable law. If additional permissions
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381 apply only to part of the Program, that part may be used separately
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382 under those permissions, but the entire Program remains governed by
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383 this License without regard to the additional permissions.
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384
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385 When you convey a copy of a covered work, you may at your option
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386 remove any additional permissions from that copy, or from any part of
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387 it. (Additional permissions may be written to require their own
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388 removal in certain cases when you modify the work.) You may place
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389 additional permissions on material, added by you to a covered work,
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390 for which you have or can give appropriate copyright permission.
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391
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392 Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, for material you
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393 add to a covered work, you may (if authorized by the copyright holders
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394 of that material) supplement the terms of this License with terms:
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395
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396 @enumerate a
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397 @item
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398 Disclaiming warranty or limiting liability differently from the terms
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399 of sections 15 and 16 of this License; or
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400
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401 @item
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402 Requiring preservation of specified reasonable legal notices or author
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403 attributions in that material or in the Appropriate Legal Notices
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404 displayed by works containing it; or
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406 @item
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407 Prohibiting misrepresentation of the origin of that material, or
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408 requiring that modified versions of such material be marked in
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409 reasonable ways as different from the original version; or
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410
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411 @item
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412 Limiting the use for publicity purposes of names of licensors or
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413 authors of the material; or
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414
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415 @item
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416 Declining to grant rights under trademark law for use of some trade
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417 names, trademarks, or service marks; or
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419 @item
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420 Requiring indemnification of licensors and authors of that material by
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421 anyone who conveys the material (or modified versions of it) with
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422 contractual assumptions of liability to the recipient, for any
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423 liability that these contractual assumptions directly impose on those
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424 licensors and authors.
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425 @end enumerate
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426
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427 All other non-permissive additional terms are considered ``further
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428 restrictions'' within the meaning of section 10. If the Program as you
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429 received it, or any part of it, contains a notice stating that it is
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430 governed by this License along with a term that is a further
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431 restriction, you may remove that term. If a license document contains
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432 a further restriction but permits relicensing or conveying under this
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433 License, you may add to a covered work material governed by the terms
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434 of that license document, provided that the further restriction does
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435 not survive such relicensing or conveying.
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436
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437 If you add terms to a covered work in accord with this section, you
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438 must place, in the relevant source files, a statement of the
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439 additional terms that apply to those files, or a notice indicating
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440 where to find the applicable terms.
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441
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442 Additional terms, permissive or non-permissive, may be stated in the
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443 form of a separately written license, or stated as exceptions; the
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444 above requirements apply either way.
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445
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446 @item Termination.
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447
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448 You may not propagate or modify a covered work except as expressly
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449 provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to propagate or
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468 Termination of your rights under this section does not terminate the
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474 @item Acceptance Not Required for Having Copies.
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475
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486
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487 Each time you convey a covered work, the recipient automatically
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501
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507 any patent claim is infringed by making, using, selling, offering for
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508 sale, or importing the Program or any portion of it.
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509
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510 @item Patents.
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511
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512 A ``contributor'' is a copyright holder who authorizes use under this
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515
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516 A contributor's ``essential patent claims'' are all patent claims owned
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537
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538 If you convey a covered work, knowingly relying on a patent license,
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549 in a country, would infringe one or more identifiable patents in that
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550 country that you have reason to believe are valid.
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551
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552 If, pursuant to or in connection with a single transaction or
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560 A patent license is ``discriminatory'' if it does not include within the
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575 Nothing in this License shall be construed as excluding or limiting
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577 otherwise be available to you under applicable patent law.
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578
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579 @item No Surrender of Others' Freedom.
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580
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581 If conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
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587 to terms that obligate you to collect a royalty for further conveying
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590 from conveying the Program.
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591
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592 @item Use with the GNU Affero General Public License.
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594 Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, you have
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600 section 13, concerning interaction through a network will apply to the
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601 combination as such.
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602
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603 @item Revised Versions of this License.
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604
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605 The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
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608 differ in detail to address new problems or concerns.
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609
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610 Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program
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611 specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU General Public
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612 License ``or any later version'' applies to it, you have the option of
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613 following the terms and conditions either of that numbered version or
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614 of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If
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617 Software Foundation.
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618
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619 If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future versions
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620 of the GNU General Public License can be used, that proxy's public
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622 choose that version for the Program.
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624 Later license versions may give you additional or different
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628
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629 @item Disclaimer of Warranty.
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630
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631 THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
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633 HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM ``AS IS'' WITHOUT
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638 DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR
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639 CORRECTION.
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640
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641 @item Limitation of Liability.
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642
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643 IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
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644 WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR
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646 INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
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649 LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM
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650 TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER
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652
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653 @item Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
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654
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655 If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
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656 above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
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658 an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
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660 copy of the Program in return for a fee.
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661
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662 @end enumerate
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664 @heading END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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665
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666 @heading How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
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667
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668 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
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669 possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
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670 free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these
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671 terms.
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672
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673 To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
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674 to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
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675 state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
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676 the ``copyright'' line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
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677
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678 @smallexample
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679 @var{one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.}
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680 Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{name of author}
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681
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682 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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686
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687 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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688 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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689 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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691
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692 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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693 along with this program. If not, see @url{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}.
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694 @end smallexample
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695
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696 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
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697
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698 If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short
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699 notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
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700
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701 @smallexample
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702 @var{program} Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{name of author}
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703 This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type @samp{show w}.
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704 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
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705 under certain conditions; type @samp{show c} for details.
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706 @end smallexample
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707
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708 The hypothetical commands @samp{show w} and @samp{show c} should show
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709 the appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, your
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710 program's commands might be different; for a GUI interface, you would
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711 use an ``about box''.
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712
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713 You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
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714 if any, to sign a ``copyright disclaimer'' for the program, if necessary.
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715 For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
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716 @url{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}.
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717
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718 The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your
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719 program into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine
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720 library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary
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721 applications with the library. If this is what you want to do, use
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722 the GNU Lesser General Public License instead of this License. But
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723 first, please read @url{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html}.
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724
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725 @ignore
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726 arch-tag: d00ac830-e120-41fb-bbc5-7ca3eeaa227f
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727 @end ignore
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