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! 13: GNU General Public License
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! 15: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
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! 22: GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
! 23: Version 2, June 1991
! 24:
! 25: Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
! 26: 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
! 27: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
! 28: of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
! 29:
! 30: Preamble
! 31:
! 32: The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
! 33: freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public
! 34: License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free
! 35: software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. This
! 36: General Public License applies to most of the Free Software
! 37: Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to
! 38: using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by
! 39: the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You can apply it to
! 40: your programs, too.
! 41:
! 42: When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
! 43: price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
! 44: have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for
! 45: this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it
! 46: if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it
! 47: in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.
! 48:
! 49: To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
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! 51: These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you
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! 57: source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their
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! 61: (2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy,
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! 81: TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
! 82:
! 83: 0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains
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! 85: under the terms of this General Public License. The "Program", below,
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! 87: means either the Program or any derivative work under copyright law:
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! 89: either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into another
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! 91: the term "modification".) Each licensee is addressed as "you".
! 92:
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! 96: is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the
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! 98: Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.
! 99:
! 100: 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
! 101: source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
! 102: conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate
! 103: copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the
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! 110:
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! 125: when run, you must cause it, when started running for such
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! 132: does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on
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! 134:
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! 136: identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program,
! 137: and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in
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! 246:
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! 257:
! 258: 9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
! 259: of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will
! 260: be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to
! 261: address new problems or concerns.
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! 264: specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any
! 265: later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions
! 266: either of that version or of any later version published by the Free
! 267: Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of
! 268: this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software
! 269: Foundation.
! 270:
! 271: 10. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free
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! 273: to ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by the Free
! 274: Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes
! 275: make exceptions for this. Our decision will be guided by the two goals
! 276: of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and
! 277: of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
! 278:
! 279: NO WARRANTY
! 280:
! 281: 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
! 282: FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN
! 283: OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
! 284: PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
! 285: OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
! 286: MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS
! 287: TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE
! 288: PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
! 289: REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
! 290:
! 291: 12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
! 292: WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
! 293: REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
! 294: INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
! 295: OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
! 296: TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY
! 297: YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
! 298: PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
! 299: POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
! 300:
! 301: END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
! 302:
! 303: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
! 304:
! 305: If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
! 306: possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
! 307: free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
! 308:
! 309: To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
! 310: to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
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! 312: the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
! 313:
! 314: <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
! 315: Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
! 316:
! 317: This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
! 318: it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
! 319: the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
! 320: (at your option) any later version.
! 321:
! 322: This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
! 323: but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
! 324: MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
! 325: GNU General Public License for more details.
! 326:
! 327: You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
! 328: along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
! 329: Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
! 330:
! 331:
! 332: Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
! 333:
! 334: If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
! 335: when it starts in an interactive mode:
! 336:
! 337: Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
! 338: Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
! 339: This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
! 340: under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
! 341:
! 342: The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
! 343: parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may
! 344: be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
! 345: mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
! 346:
! 347: You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
! 348: school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
! 349: necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
! 350:
! 351: Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
! 352: `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
! 353:
! 354: <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
! 355: Ty Coon, President of Vice
! 356:
! 357: This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
! 358: proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
! 359: consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
! 360: library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
! 361: Public License instead of this License.
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