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1 @c The GNU General Public License. | |
2 @center Version 3, 29 June 2007 | |
3 | |
4 @c This file is intended to be included within another document, | |
5 @c hence no sectioning command or @node. | |
6 | |
7 @display | |
8 Copyright @copyright{} 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @url{http://fsf.org/} | |
9 | |
10 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this | |
11 license document, but changing it is not allowed. | |
12 @end display | |
13 | |
14 @heading Preamble | |
15 | |
16 The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for | |
17 software and other kinds of works. | |
18 | |
19 The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed | |
20 to take away your freedom to share and change the works. By contrast, | |
21 the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom | |
22 to share and change all versions of a program---to make sure it remains | |
23 free software for all its users. We, the Free Software Foundation, | |
24 use the GNU General Public License for most of our software; it | |
25 applies also to any other work released this way by its authors. You | |
26 can apply it to your programs, too. | |
27 | |
28 When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not | |
29 price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you | |
30 have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for | |
31 them if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you | |
32 want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new | |
33 free programs, and that you know you can do these things. | |
34 | |
35 To protect your rights, we need to prevent others from denying you | |
36 these rights or asking you to surrender the rights. Therefore, you | |
37 have certain responsibilities if you distribute copies of the | |
38 software, or if you modify it: responsibilities to respect the freedom | |
39 of others. | |
40 | |
41 For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether | |
42 gratis or for a fee, you must pass on to the recipients the same | |
43 freedoms that you received. You must make sure that they, too, | |
44 receive or can get the source code. And you must show them these | |
45 terms so they know their rights. | |
46 | |
47 Developers that use the GNU GPL protect your rights with two steps: | |
48 (1) assert copyright on the software, and (2) offer you this License | |
49 giving you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify it. | |
50 | |
51 For the developers' and authors' protection, the GPL clearly explains | |
52 that there is no warranty for this free software. For both users' and | |
53 authors' sake, the GPL requires that modified versions be marked as | |
54 changed, so that their problems will not be attributed erroneously to | |
55 authors of previous versions. | |
56 | |
57 Some devices are designed to deny users access to install or run | |
58 modified versions of the software inside them, although the | |
59 manufacturer can do so. This is fundamentally incompatible with the | |
60 aim of protecting users' freedom to change the software. The | |
61 systematic pattern of such abuse occurs in the area of products for | |
62 individuals to use, which is precisely where it is most unacceptable. | |
63 Therefore, we have designed this version of the GPL to prohibit the | |
64 practice for those products. If such problems arise substantially in | |
65 other domains, we stand ready to extend this provision to those | |
66 domains in future versions of the GPL, as needed to protect the | |
67 freedom of users. | |
68 | |
69 Finally, every program is threatened constantly by software patents. | |
70 States should not allow patents to restrict development and use of | |
71 software on general-purpose computers, but in those that do, we wish | |
72 to avoid the special danger that patents applied to a free program | |
73 could make it effectively proprietary. To prevent this, the GPL | |
74 assures that patents cannot be used to render the program non-free. | |
75 | |
76 The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and | |
77 modification follow. | |
78 | |
79 @heading TERMS AND CONDITIONS | |
80 | |
81 @enumerate 0 | |
82 @item Definitions. | |
83 | |
84 ``This License'' refers to version 3 of the GNU General Public License. | |
85 | |
86 ``Copyright'' also means copyright-like laws that apply to other kinds | |
87 of works, such as semiconductor masks. | |
88 | |
89 ``The Program'' refers to any copyrightable work licensed under this | |
90 License. Each licensee is addressed as ``you''. ``Licensees'' and | |
91 ``recipients'' may be individuals or organizations. | |
92 | |
93 To ``modify'' a work means to copy from or adapt all or part of the work | |
94 in a fashion requiring copyright permission, other than the making of | |
95 an exact copy. The resulting work is called a ``modified version'' of | |
96 the earlier work or a work ``based on'' the earlier work. | |
97 | |
98 A ``covered work'' means either the unmodified Program or a work based | |
99 on the Program. | |
100 | |
101 To ``propagate'' a work means to do anything with it that, without | |
102 permission, would make you directly or secondarily liable for | |
103 infringement under applicable copyright law, except executing it on a | |
104 computer or modifying a private copy. Propagation includes copying, | |
105 distribution (with or without modification), making available to the | |
106 public, and in some countries other activities as well. | |
107 | |
108 To ``convey'' a work means any kind of propagation that enables other | |
109 parties to make or receive copies. Mere interaction with a user | |
110 through a computer network, with no transfer of a copy, is not | |
111 conveying. | |
112 | |
113 An interactive user interface displays ``Appropriate Legal Notices'' to | |
114 the extent that it includes a convenient and prominently visible | |
115 feature that (1) displays an appropriate copyright notice, and (2) | |
116 tells the user that there is no warranty for the work (except to the | |
117 extent that warranties are provided), that licensees may convey the | |
118 work under this License, and how to view a copy of this License. If | |
119 the interface presents a list of user commands or options, such as a | |
120 menu, a prominent item in the list meets this criterion. | |
121 | |
122 @item Source Code. | |
123 | |
124 The ``source code'' for a work means the preferred form of the work for | |
125 making modifications to it. ``Object code'' means any non-source form | |
126 of a work. | |
127 | |
128 A ``Standard Interface'' means an interface that either is an official | |
129 standard defined by a recognized standards body, or, in the case of | |
130 interfaces specified for a particular programming language, one that | |
131 is widely used among developers working in that language. | |
132 | |
133 The ``System Libraries'' of an executable work include anything, other | |
134 than the work as a whole, that (a) is included in the normal form of | |
135 packaging a Major Component, but which is not part of that Major | |
136 Component, and (b) serves only to enable use of the work with that | |
137 Major Component, or to implement a Standard Interface for which an | |
138 implementation is available to the public in source code form. A | |
139 ``Major Component'', in this context, means a major essential component | |
140 (kernel, window system, and so on) of the specific operating system | |
141 (if any) on which the executable work runs, or a compiler used to | |
142 produce the work, or an object code interpreter used to run it. | |
143 | |
144 The ``Corresponding Source'' for a work in object code form means all | |
145 the source code needed to generate, install, and (for an executable | |
146 work) run the object code and to modify the work, including scripts to | |
147 control those activities. However, it does not include the work's | |
148 System Libraries, or general-purpose tools or generally available free | |
149 programs which are used unmodified in performing those activities but | |
150 which are not part of the work. For example, Corresponding Source | |
151 includes interface definition files associated with source files for | |
152 the work, and the source code for shared libraries and dynamically | |
153 linked subprograms that the work is specifically designed to require, | |
154 such as by intimate data communication or control flow between those | |
155 subprograms and other parts of the work. | |
156 | |
157 The Corresponding Source need not include anything that users can | |
158 regenerate automatically from other parts of the Corresponding Source. | |
159 | |
160 The Corresponding Source for a work in source code form is that same | |
161 work. | |
162 | |
163 @item Basic Permissions. | |
164 | |
165 All rights granted under this License are granted for the term of | |
166 copyright on the Program, and are irrevocable provided the stated | |
167 conditions are met. This License explicitly affirms your unlimited | |
168 permission to run the unmodified Program. The output from running a | |
169 covered work is covered by this License only if the output, given its | |
170 content, constitutes a covered work. This License acknowledges your | |
171 rights of fair use or other equivalent, as provided by copyright law. | |
172 | |
173 You may make, run and propagate covered works that you do not convey, | |
174 without conditions so long as your license otherwise remains in force. | |
175 You may convey covered works to others for the sole purpose of having | |
176 them make modifications exclusively for you, or provide you with | |
177 facilities for running those works, provided that you comply with the | |
178 terms of this License in conveying all material for which you do not | |
179 control copyright. Those thus making or running the covered works for | |
180 you must do so exclusively on your behalf, under your direction and | |
181 control, on terms that prohibit them from making any copies of your | |
182 copyrighted material outside their relationship with you. | |
183 | |
184 Conveying under any other circumstances is permitted solely under the | |
185 conditions stated below. Sublicensing is not allowed; section 10 | |
186 makes it unnecessary. | |
187 | |
188 @item Protecting Users' Legal Rights From Anti-Circumvention Law. | |
189 | |
190 No covered work shall be deemed part of an effective technological | |
191 measure under any applicable law fulfilling obligations under article | |
192 11 of the WIPO copyright treaty adopted on 20 December 1996, or | |
193 similar laws prohibiting or restricting circumvention of such | |
194 measures. | |
195 | |
196 When you convey a covered work, you waive any legal power to forbid | |
197 circumvention of technological measures to the extent such | |
198 circumvention is effected by exercising rights under this License with | |
199 respect to the covered work, and you disclaim any intention to limit | |
200 operation or modification of the work as a means of enforcing, against | |
201 the work's users, your or third parties' legal rights to forbid | |
202 circumvention of technological measures. | |
203 | |
204 @item Conveying Verbatim Copies. | |
205 | |
206 You may convey verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you | |
207 receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and | |
208 appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice; | |
209 keep intact all notices stating that this License and any | |
210 non-permissive terms added in accord with section 7 apply to the code; | |
211 keep intact all notices of the absence of any warranty; and give all | |
212 recipients a copy of this License along with the Program. | |
213 | |
214 You may charge any price or no price for each copy that you convey, | |
215 and you may offer support or warranty protection for a fee. | |
216 | |
217 @item Conveying Modified Source Versions. | |
218 | |
219 You may convey a work based on the Program, or the modifications to | |
220 produce it from the Program, in the form of source code under the | |
221 terms of section 4, provided that you also meet all of these | |
222 conditions: | |
223 | |
224 @enumerate a | |
225 @item | |
226 The work must carry prominent notices stating that you modified it, | |
227 and giving a relevant date. | |
228 | |
229 @item | |
230 The work must carry prominent notices stating that it is released | |
231 under this License and any conditions added under section 7. This | |
232 requirement modifies the requirement in section 4 to ``keep intact all | |
233 notices''. | |
234 | |
235 @item | |
236 You must license the entire work, as a whole, under this License to | |
237 anyone who comes into possession of a copy. This License will | |
238 therefore apply, along with any applicable section 7 additional terms, | |
239 to the whole of the work, and all its parts, regardless of how they | |
240 are packaged. This License gives no permission to license the work in | |
241 any other way, but it does not invalidate such permission if you have | |
242 separately received it. | |
243 | |
244 @item | |
245 If the work has interactive user interfaces, each must display | |
246 Appropriate Legal Notices; however, if the Program has interactive | |
247 interfaces that do not display Appropriate Legal Notices, your work | |
248 need not make them do so. | |
249 @end enumerate | |
250 | |
251 A compilation of a covered work with other separate and independent | |
252 works, which are not by their nature extensions of the covered work, | |
253 and which are not combined with it such as to form a larger program, | |
254 in or on a volume of a storage or distribution medium, is called an | |
255 ``aggregate'' if the compilation and its resulting copyright are not | |
256 used to limit the access or legal rights of the compilation's users | |
257 beyond what the individual works permit. Inclusion of a covered work | |
258 in an aggregate does not cause this License to apply to the other | |
259 parts of the aggregate. | |
260 | |
261 @item Conveying Non-Source Forms. | |
262 | |
263 You may convey a covered work in object code form under the terms of | |
264 sections 4 and 5, provided that you also convey the machine-readable | |
265 Corresponding Source under the terms of this License, in one of these | |
266 ways: | |
267 | |
268 @enumerate a | |
269 @item | |
270 Convey the object code in, or embodied in, a physical product | |
271 (including a physical distribution medium), accompanied by the | |
272 Corresponding Source fixed on a durable physical medium customarily | |
273 used for software interchange. | |
274 | |
275 @item | |
276 Convey the object code in, or embodied in, a physical product | |
277 (including a physical distribution medium), accompanied by a written | |
278 offer, valid for at least three years and valid for as long as you | |
279 offer spare parts or customer support for that product model, to give | |
280 anyone who possesses the object code either (1) a copy of the | |
281 Corresponding Source for all the software in the product that is | |
282 covered by this License, on a durable physical medium customarily used | |
283 for software interchange, for a price no more than your reasonable | |
284 cost of physically performing this conveying of source, or (2) access | |
285 to copy the Corresponding Source from a network server at no charge. | |
286 | |
287 @item | |
288 Convey individual copies of the object code with a copy of the written | |
289 offer to provide the Corresponding Source. This alternative is | |
290 allowed only occasionally and noncommercially, and only if you | |
291 received the object code with such an offer, in accord with subsection | |
292 6b. | |
293 | |
294 @item | |
295 Convey the object code by offering access from a designated place | |
296 (gratis or for a charge), and offer equivalent access to the | |
297 Corresponding Source in the same way through the same place at no | |
298 further charge. You need not require recipients to copy the | |
299 Corresponding Source along with the object code. If the place to copy | |
300 the object code is a network server, the Corresponding Source may be | |
301 on a different server (operated by you or a third party) that supports | |
302 equivalent copying facilities, provided you maintain clear directions | |
303 next to the object code saying where to find the Corresponding Source. | |
304 Regardless of what server hosts the Corresponding Source, you remain | |
305 obligated to ensure that it is available for as long as needed to | |
306 satisfy these requirements. | |
307 | |
308 @item | |
309 Convey the object code using peer-to-peer transmission, provided you | |
310 inform other peers where the object code and Corresponding Source of | |
311 the work are being offered to the general public at no charge under | |
312 subsection 6d. | |
313 | |
314 @end enumerate | |
315 | |
316 A separable portion of the object code, whose source code is excluded | |
317 from the Corresponding Source as a System Library, need not be | |
318 included in conveying the object code work. | |
319 | |
320 A ``User Product'' is either (1) a ``consumer product'', which means any | |
321 tangible personal property which is normally used for personal, | |
322 family, or household purposes, or (2) anything designed or sold for | |
323 incorporation into a dwelling. In determining whether a product is a | |
324 consumer product, doubtful cases shall be resolved in favor of | |
325 coverage. For a particular product received by a particular user, | |
326 ``normally used'' refers to a typical or common use of that class of | |
327 product, regardless of the status of the particular user or of the way | |
328 in which the particular user actually uses, or expects or is expected | |
329 to use, the product. A product is a consumer product regardless of | |
330 whether the product has substantial commercial, industrial or | |
331 non-consumer uses, unless such uses represent the only significant | |
332 mode of use of the product. | |
333 | |
334 ``Installation Information'' for a User Product means any methods, | |
335 procedures, authorization keys, or other information required to | |
336 install and execute modified versions of a covered work in that User | |
337 Product from a modified version of its Corresponding Source. The | |
338 information must suffice to ensure that the continued functioning of | |
339 the modified object code is in no case prevented or interfered with | |
340 solely because modification has been made. | |
341 | |
342 If you convey an object code work under this section in, or with, or | |
343 specifically for use in, a User Product, and the conveying occurs as | |
344 part of a transaction in which the right of possession and use of the | |
345 User Product is transferred to the recipient in perpetuity or for a | |
346 fixed term (regardless of how the transaction is characterized), the | |
347 Corresponding Source conveyed under this section must be accompanied | |
348 by the Installation Information. But this requirement does not apply | |
349 if neither you nor any third party retains the ability to install | |
350 modified object code on the User Product (for example, the work has | |
351 been installed in ROM). | |
352 | |
353 The requirement to provide Installation Information does not include a | |
354 requirement to continue to provide support service, warranty, or | |
355 updates for a work that has been modified or installed by the | |
356 recipient, or for the User Product in which it has been modified or | |
357 installed. Access to a network may be denied when the modification | |
358 itself materially and adversely affects the operation of the network | |
359 or violates the rules and protocols for communication across the | |
360 network. | |
361 | |
362 Corresponding Source conveyed, and Installation Information provided, | |
363 in accord with this section must be in a format that is publicly | |
364 documented (and with an implementation available to the public in | |
365 source code form), and must require no special password or key for | |
366 unpacking, reading or copying. | |
367 | |
368 @item Additional Terms. | |
369 | |
370 ``Additional permissions'' are terms that supplement the terms of this | |
371 License by making exceptions from one or more of its conditions. | |
372 Additional permissions that are applicable to the entire Program shall | |
373 be treated as though they were included in this License, to the extent | |
374 that they are valid under applicable law. If additional permissions | |
375 apply only to part of the Program, that part may be used separately | |
376 under those permissions, but the entire Program remains governed by | |
377 this License without regard to the additional permissions. | |
378 | |
379 When you convey a copy of a covered work, you may at your option | |
380 remove any additional permissions from that copy, or from any part of | |
381 it. (Additional permissions may be written to require their own | |
382 removal in certain cases when you modify the work.) You may place | |
383 additional permissions on material, added by you to a covered work, | |
384 for which you have or can give appropriate copyright permission. | |
385 | |
386 Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, for material you | |
387 add to a covered work, you may (if authorized by the copyright holders | |
388 of that material) supplement the terms of this License with terms: | |
389 | |
390 @enumerate a | |
391 @item | |
392 Disclaiming warranty or limiting liability differently from the terms | |
393 of sections 15 and 16 of this License; or | |
394 | |
395 @item | |
396 Requiring preservation of specified reasonable legal notices or author | |
397 attributions in that material or in the Appropriate Legal Notices | |
398 displayed by works containing it; or | |
399 | |
400 @item | |
401 Prohibiting misrepresentation of the origin of that material, or | |
402 requiring that modified versions of such material be marked in | |
403 reasonable ways as different from the original version; or | |
404 | |
405 @item | |
406 Limiting the use for publicity purposes of names of licensors or | |
407 authors of the material; or | |
408 | |
409 @item | |
410 Declining to grant rights under trademark law for use of some trade | |
411 names, trademarks, or service marks; or | |
412 | |
413 @item | |
414 Requiring indemnification of licensors and authors of that material by | |
415 anyone who conveys the material (or modified versions of it) with | |
416 contractual assumptions of liability to the recipient, for any | |
417 liability that these contractual assumptions directly impose on those | |
418 licensors and authors. | |
419 @end enumerate | |
420 | |
421 All other non-permissive additional terms are considered ``further | |
422 restrictions'' within the meaning of section 10. If the Program as you | |
423 received it, or any part of it, contains a notice stating that it is | |
424 governed by this License along with a term that is a further | |
425 restriction, you may remove that term. If a license document contains | |
426 a further restriction but permits relicensing or conveying under this | |
427 License, you may add to a covered work material governed by the terms | |
428 of that license document, provided that the further restriction does | |
429 not survive such relicensing or conveying. | |
430 | |
431 If you add terms to a covered work in accord with this section, you | |
432 must place, in the relevant source files, a statement of the | |
433 additional terms that apply to those files, or a notice indicating | |
434 where to find the applicable terms. | |
435 | |
436 Additional terms, permissive or non-permissive, may be stated in the | |
437 form of a separately written license, or stated as exceptions; the | |
438 above requirements apply either way. | |
439 | |
440 @item Termination. | |
441 | |
442 You may not propagate or modify a covered work except as expressly | |
443 provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to propagate or | |
444 modify it is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under | |
445 this License (including any patent licenses granted under the third | |
446 paragraph of section 11). | |
447 | |
448 However, if you cease all violation of this License, then your license | |
449 from a particular copyright holder is reinstated (a) provisionally, | |
450 unless and until the copyright holder explicitly and finally | |
451 terminates your license, and (b) permanently, if the copyright holder | |
452 fails to notify you of the violation by some reasonable means prior to | |
453 60 days after the cessation. | |
454 | |
455 Moreover, your license from a particular copyright holder is | |
456 reinstated permanently if the copyright holder notifies you of the | |
457 violation by some reasonable means, this is the first time you have | |
458 received notice of violation of this License (for any work) from that | |
459 copyright holder, and you cure the violation prior to 30 days after | |
460 your receipt of the notice. | |
461 | |
462 Termination of your rights under this section does not terminate the | |
463 licenses of parties who have received copies or rights from you under | |
464 this License. If your rights have been terminated and not permanently | |
465 reinstated, you do not qualify to receive new licenses for the same | |
466 material under section 10. | |
467 | |
468 @item Acceptance Not Required for Having Copies. | |
469 | |
470 You are not required to accept this License in order to receive or run | |
471 a copy of the Program. Ancillary propagation of a covered work | |
472 occurring solely as a consequence of using peer-to-peer transmission | |
473 to receive a copy likewise does not require acceptance. However, | |
474 nothing other than this License grants you permission to propagate or | |
475 modify any covered work. These actions infringe copyright if you do | |
476 not accept this License. Therefore, by modifying or propagating a | |
477 covered work, you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so. | |
478 | |
479 @item Automatic Licensing of Downstream Recipients. | |
480 | |
481 Each time you convey a covered work, the recipient automatically | |
482 receives a license from the original licensors, to run, modify and | |
483 propagate that work, subject to this License. You are not responsible | |
484 for enforcing compliance by third parties with this License. | |
485 | |
486 An ``entity transaction'' is a transaction transferring control of an | |
487 organization, or substantially all assets of one, or subdividing an | |
488 organization, or merging organizations. If propagation of a covered | |
489 work results from an entity transaction, each party to that | |
490 transaction who receives a copy of the work also receives whatever | |
491 licenses to the work the party's predecessor in interest had or could | |
492 give under the previous paragraph, plus a right to possession of the | |
493 Corresponding Source of the work from the predecessor in interest, if | |
494 the predecessor has it or can get it with reasonable efforts. | |
495 | |
496 You may not impose any further restrictions on the exercise of the | |
497 rights granted or affirmed under this License. For example, you may | |
498 not impose a license fee, royalty, or other charge for exercise of | |
499 rights granted under this License, and you may not initiate litigation | |
500 (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that | |
501 any patent claim is infringed by making, using, selling, offering for | |
502 sale, or importing the Program or any portion of it. | |
503 | |
504 @item Patents. | |
505 | |
506 A ``contributor'' is a copyright holder who authorizes use under this | |
507 License of the Program or a work on which the Program is based. The | |
508 work thus licensed is called the contributor's ``contributor version''. | |
509 | |
510 A contributor's ``essential patent claims'' are all patent claims owned | |
511 or controlled by the contributor, whether already acquired or | |
512 hereafter acquired, that would be infringed by some manner, permitted | |
513 by this License, of making, using, or selling its contributor version, | |
514 but do not include claims that would be infringed only as a | |
515 consequence of further modification of the contributor version. For | |
516 purposes of this definition, ``control'' includes the right to grant | |
517 patent sublicenses in a manner consistent with the requirements of | |
518 this License. | |
519 | |
520 Each contributor grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free | |
521 patent license under the contributor's essential patent claims, to | |
522 make, use, sell, offer for sale, import and otherwise run, modify and | |
523 propagate the contents of its contributor version. | |
524 | |
525 In the following three paragraphs, a ``patent license'' is any express | |
526 agreement or commitment, however denominated, not to enforce a patent | |
527 (such as an express permission to practice a patent or covenant not to | |
528 sue for patent infringement). To ``grant'' such a patent license to a | |
529 party means to make such an agreement or commitment not to enforce a | |
530 patent against the party. | |
531 | |
532 If you convey a covered work, knowingly relying on a patent license, | |
533 and the Corresponding Source of the work is not available for anyone | |
534 to copy, free of charge and under the terms of this License, through a | |
535 publicly available network server or other readily accessible means, | |
536 then you must either (1) cause the Corresponding Source to be so | |
537 available, or (2) arrange to deprive yourself of the benefit of the | |
538 patent license for this particular work, or (3) arrange, in a manner | |
539 consistent with the requirements of this License, to extend the patent | |
540 license to downstream recipients. ``Knowingly relying'' means you have | |
541 actual knowledge that, but for the patent license, your conveying the | |
542 covered work in a country, or your recipient's use of the covered work | |
543 in a country, would infringe one or more identifiable patents in that | |
544 country that you have reason to believe are valid. | |
545 | |
546 If, pursuant to or in connection with a single transaction or | |
547 arrangement, you convey, or propagate by procuring conveyance of, a | |
548 covered work, and grant a patent license to some of the parties | |
549 receiving the covered work authorizing them to use, propagate, modify | |
550 or convey a specific copy of the covered work, then the patent license | |
551 you grant is automatically extended to all recipients of the covered | |
552 work and works based on it. | |
553 | |
554 A patent license is ``discriminatory'' if it does not include within the | |
555 scope of its coverage, prohibits the exercise of, or is conditioned on | |
556 the non-exercise of one or more of the rights that are specifically | |
557 granted under this License. You may not convey a covered work if you | |
558 are a party to an arrangement with a third party that is in the | |
559 business of distributing software, under which you make payment to the | |
560 third party based on the extent of your activity of conveying the | |
561 work, and under which the third party grants, to any of the parties | |
562 who would receive the covered work from you, a discriminatory patent | |
563 license (a) in connection with copies of the covered work conveyed by | |
564 you (or copies made from those copies), or (b) primarily for and in | |
565 connection with specific products or compilations that contain the | |
566 covered work, unless you entered into that arrangement, or that patent | |
567 license was granted, prior to 28 March 2007. | |
568 | |
569 Nothing in this License shall be construed as excluding or limiting | |
570 any implied license or other defenses to infringement that may | |
571 otherwise be available to you under applicable patent law. | |
572 | |
573 @item No Surrender of Others' Freedom. | |
574 | |
575 If conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or | |
576 otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not | |
577 excuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot convey | |
578 a covered work so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under | |
579 this License and any other pertinent obligations, then as a | |
580 consequence you may not convey it at all. For example, if you agree | |
581 to terms that obligate you to collect a royalty for further conveying | |
582 from those to whom you convey the Program, the only way you could | |
583 satisfy both those terms and this License would be to refrain entirely | |
584 from conveying the Program. | |
585 | |
586 @item Use with the GNU Affero General Public License. | |
587 | |
588 Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, you have | |
589 permission to link or combine any covered work with a work licensed | |
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591 combined work, and to convey the resulting work. The terms of this | |
592 License will continue to apply to the part which is the covered work, | |
593 but the special requirements of the GNU Affero General Public License, | |
594 section 13, concerning interaction through a network will apply to the | |
595 combination as such. | |
596 | |
597 @item Revised Versions of this License. | |
598 | |
599 The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions | |
600 of the GNU General Public License from time to time. Such new | |
601 versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may | |
602 differ in detail to address new problems or concerns. | |
603 | |
604 Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program | |
605 specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU General Public | |
606 License ``or any later version'' applies to it, you have the option of | |
607 following the terms and conditions either of that numbered version or | |
608 of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If | |
609 the Program does not specify a version number of the GNU General | |
610 Public License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free | |
611 Software Foundation. | |
612 | |
613 If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future versions | |
614 of the GNU General Public License can be used, that proxy's public | |
615 statement of acceptance of a version permanently authorizes you to | |
616 choose that version for the Program. | |
617 | |
618 Later license versions may give you additional or different | |
619 permissions. However, no additional obligations are imposed on any | |
620 author or copyright holder as a result of your choosing to follow a | |
621 later version. | |
622 | |
623 @item Disclaimer of Warranty. | |
624 | |
625 THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY | |
626 APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT | |
627 HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM ``AS IS'' WITHOUT | |
628 WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT | |
629 LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR | |
630 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND | |
631 PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE | |
632 DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR | |
633 CORRECTION. | |
634 | |
635 @item Limitation of Liability. | |
636 | |
637 IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING | |
638 WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR | |
639 CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, | |
640 INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES | |
641 ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT | |
642 NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR | |
643 LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM | |
644 TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER | |
645 PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. | |
646 | |
647 @item Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16. | |
648 | |
649 If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided | |
650 above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms, | |
651 reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates | |
652 an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the | |
653 Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a | |
654 copy of the Program in return for a fee. | |
655 | |
656 @end enumerate | |
657 | |
658 @heading END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS | |
659 | |
660 @heading How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs | |
661 | |
662 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest | |
663 possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it | |
664 free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these | |
665 terms. | |
666 | |
667 To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest | |
668 to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively | |
669 state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least | |
670 the ``copyright'' line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. | |
671 | |
672 @smallexample | |
673 @var{one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.} | |
674 Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{name of author} | |
675 | |
676 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify | |
677 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by | |
678 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at | |
679 your option) any later version. | |
680 | |
681 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but | |
682 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
683 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU | |
684 General Public License for more details. | |
685 | |
686 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License | |
687 along with this program. If not, see @url{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}. | |
688 @end smallexample | |
689 | |
690 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. | |
691 | |
692 If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short | |
693 notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode: | |
694 | |
695 @smallexample | |
696 @var{program} Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{name of author} | |
697 This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type @samp{show w}. | |
698 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it | |
699 under certain conditions; type @samp{show c} for details. | |
700 @end smallexample | |
701 | |
702 The hypothetical commands @samp{show w} and @samp{show c} should show | |
703 the appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, your | |
704 program's commands might be different; for a GUI interface, you would | |
705 use an ``about box''. | |
706 | |
707 You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school, | |
708 if any, to sign a ``copyright disclaimer'' for the program, if necessary. | |
709 For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see | |
710 @url{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}. | |
711 | |
712 The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your | |
713 program into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine | |
714 library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary | |
715 applications with the library. If this is what you want to do, use | |
716 the GNU Lesser General Public License instead of this License. But | |
717 first, please read @url{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html}. |