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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE |
Version 2, June 1991 |
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Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA |
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies |
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. |
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Preamble |
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION |
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0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains |
a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed |
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NO WARRANTY |
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11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY |
FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN |
OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES |
PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED |
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF |
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REPAIR OR CORRECTION. |
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END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS |
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How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs |
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If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest |
possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it |
free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms. |
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To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest |
to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively |
convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least |
the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. |
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<one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.> |
Copyright (C) 19yy <name of author> |
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or |
(at your option) any later version. |
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
GNU General Public License for more details. |
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software |
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA |
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Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. |
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If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this |
when it starts in an interactive mode: |
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Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19yy name of author |
Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'. |
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it |
under certain conditions; type `show c' for details. |
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The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate |
parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may |
be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be |
mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program. |
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You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your |
school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if |
necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names: |
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Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program |
`Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker. |
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<signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989 |
Ty Coon, President of Vice |
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This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into |
proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may |
consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the |
library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General |
Public License instead of this License. |