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- | 1 | GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE |
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- | 2 | Version 2, June 1991 |
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- | 3 | ||
- | 4 | Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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- | 5 | 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA |
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- | 6 | Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies |
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- | 7 | of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. |
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- | 8 | ||
- | 9 | Preamble |
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- | 11 | The licenses for most software are designed to take away your |
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- | 12 | freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public |
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- | 13 | License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free |
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- | 14 | software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. This |
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- | 15 | General Public License applies to most of the Free Software |
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- | 16 | Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to |
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- | 17 | using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by |
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- | 18 | the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You can apply it to |
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- | 19 | your programs, too. |
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- | 21 | When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not |
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- | 24 | this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it |
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- | 25 | if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it |
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- | 26 | in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things. |
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- | 28 | To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid |
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- | 30 | These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you |
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- | 31 | distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it. |
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- | 59 | GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE |
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- | 60 | TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION |
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- | 62 | 0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains |
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- | 63 | a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed |
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- | 67 | that is to say, a work containing the Program or a portion of it, |
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- | 70 | the term "modification".) Each licensee is addressed as "you". |
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- | 72 | Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not |
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- | 77 | Whether that is true depends on what the Program does. |
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- | 79 | 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's |
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- | 237 | 9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions |
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- | 246 | Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of |
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- | 250 | 10. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free |
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- | 260 | 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY |
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- | 261 | FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN |
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- | 266 | TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE |
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- | 267 | PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, |
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- | 268 | REPAIR OR CORRECTION. |
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- | 270 | 12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING |
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- | 271 | WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR |
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- | 272 | REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, |
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- | 273 | INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING |
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- | 274 | OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED |
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- | 275 | TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY |
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- | 276 | YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER |
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- | 277 | PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE |
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- | 278 | POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. |
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- | 280 | END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS |
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- | 281 | ||
- | 282 | How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs |
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- | 284 | If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest |
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- | 285 | possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it |
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- | 286 | free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms. |
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- | 287 | ||
- | 288 | To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest |
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- | 289 | to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively |
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- | 290 | convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least |
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- | 291 | the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. |
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- | 293 | <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.> |
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- | 294 | Copyright (C) <year> <name of author> |
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- | 295 | ||
- | 296 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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- | 297 | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
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- | 298 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or |
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- | 299 | (at your option) any later version. |
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- | 301 | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
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- | 304 | GNU General Public License for more details. |
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- | 305 | ||
- | 306 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
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- | 307 | along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software |
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- | 308 | Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA |
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- | 309 | ||
- | 310 | ||
- | 311 | Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. |
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- | 312 | ||
- | 313 | If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this |
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- | 314 | when it starts in an interactive mode: |
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- | 316 | Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author |
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- | 317 | Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'. |
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- | 318 | This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it |
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- | 319 | under certain conditions; type `show c' for details. |
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- | 320 | ||
- | 321 | The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate |
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- | 322 | parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may |
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- | 323 | be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be |
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- | 324 | mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program. |
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- | 325 | ||
- | 326 | You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your |
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- | 327 | school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if |
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- | 328 | necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names: |
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- | 330 | Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program |
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- | 331 | `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker. |
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- | 332 | ||
- | 333 | <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989 |
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- | 334 | Ty Coon, President of Vice |
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- | 335 | ||
- | 336 | This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into |
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- | 337 | proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may |
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- | 338 | consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the |
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- | 339 | library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General |
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- | 340 | Public License instead of this License. |
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