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18: GNU General Public License
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1.2 harris41 32: Freeware and the free Linux operating system mean <strong>better
33: features</strong>, <strong>better support</strong>, and a
34: <strong>more reliable future</strong> for your institution's educational
35: mission.
36: <br />
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56: GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
57: Version 2, June 1991
58:
59: Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
60: 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
61: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
62: of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
63:
64: Preamble
65:
66: The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
67: freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public
68: License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free
69: software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. This
70: General Public License applies to most of the Free Software
71: Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to
72: using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by
73: the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You can apply it to
74: your programs, too.
75:
76: When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
77: price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
78: have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for
79: this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it
80: if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it
81: in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.
82:
83: To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
84: anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights.
85: These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you
86: distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it.
87:
88: For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
89: gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that
90: you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the
91: source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their
92: rights.
93:
94: We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and
95: (2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy,
96: distribute and/or modify the software.
97:
98: Also, for each author's protection and ours, we want to make certain
99: that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free
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101: want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original, so
102: that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original
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104:
105: Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software
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107: program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the
108: program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any
109: patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all.
110:
111: The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
112: modification follow.
1.3 harris41 113:
1.1 harris41 114: GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
115: TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
116:
117: 0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains
118: a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed
119: under the terms of this General Public License. The "Program", below,
120: refers to any such program or work, and a "work based on the Program"
121: means either the Program or any derivative work under copyright law:
122: that is to say, a work containing the Program or a portion of it,
123: either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into another
124: language. (Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in
125: the term "modification".) Each licensee is addressed as "you".
126:
127: Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
128: covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of
129: running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program
130: is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the
131: Program (independent of having been made by running the Program).
132: Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.
133:
134: 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
135: source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
136: conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate
137: copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the
138: notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty;
139: and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License
140: along with the Program.
141:
142: You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and
143: you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee.
144:
145: 2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion
146: of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and
147: distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1
148: above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:
149:
150: a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices
151: stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
152:
153: b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
154: whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any
155: part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third
156: parties under the terms of this License.
157:
158: c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively
159: when run, you must cause it, when started running for such
160: interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an
161: announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a
162: notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide
163: a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under
164: these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this
165: License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but
166: does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on
167: the Program is not required to print an announcement.)
1.3 harris41 168:
1.1 harris41 169: These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If
170: identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program,
171: and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in
172: themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to those
173: sections when you distribute them as separate works. But when you
174: distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based
175: on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of
176: this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the
177: entire whole, and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote it.
178:
179: Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest
180: your rights to work written entirely by you; rather, the intent is to
181: exercise the right to control the distribution of derivative or
182: collective works based on the Program.
183:
184: In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Program
185: with the Program (or with a work based on the Program) on a volume of
186: a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under
187: the scope of this License.
188:
189: 3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
190: under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of
191: Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
192:
193: a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable
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1.3 harris41 226:
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228: except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt
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252: 7. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent
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255: otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not
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264:
265: If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under
266: any particular circumstance, the balance of the section is intended to
267: apply and the section as a whole is intended to apply in other
268: circumstances.
269:
270: It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any
271: patents or other property right claims or to contest validity of any
272: such claims; this section has the sole purpose of protecting the
273: integrity of the free software distribution system, which is
274: implemented by public license practices. Many people have made
275: generous contributions to the wide range of software distributed
276: through that system in reliance on consistent application of that
277: system; it is up to the author/donor to decide if he or she is willing
278: to distribute software through any other system and a licensee cannot
279: impose that choice.
280:
281: This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to
282: be a consequence of the rest of this License.
1.3 harris41 283:
1.1 harris41 284: 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
285: certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
286: original copyright holder who places the Program under this License
287: may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding
288: those countries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among
289: countries not thus excluded. In such case, this License incorporates
290: the limitation as if written in the body of this License.
291:
292: 9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
293: of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will
294: be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to
295: address new problems or concerns.
296:
297: Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program
298: specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any
299: later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions
300: either of that version or of any later version published by the Free
301: Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of
302: this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software
303: Foundation.
304:
305: 10. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free
306: programs whose distribution conditions are different, write to the author
307: to ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by the Free
308: Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes
309: make exceptions for this. Our decision will be guided by the two goals
310: of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and
311: of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
312:
313: NO WARRANTY
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315: 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
316: FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN
317: OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
318: PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
319: OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
320: MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS
321: TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE
322: PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
323: REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
324:
325: 12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
326: WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
327: REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
328: INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
329: OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
330: TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY
331: YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
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333: POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
334:
335: END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1.3 harris41 336:
1.1 harris41 337: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
338:
339: If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
340: possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
341: free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
342:
343: To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
344: to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
345: convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
346: the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
347:
1.3 harris41 348: <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
349: Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
1.1 harris41 350:
351: This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
352: it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
353: the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
354: (at your option) any later version.
355:
356: This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
357: but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
358: MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
359: GNU General Public License for more details.
360:
361: You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
362: along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
363: Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
364:
365:
366: Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
367:
368: If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
369: when it starts in an interactive mode:
370:
371: Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
372: Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
373: This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
374: under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
375:
376: The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
377: parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may
378: be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
379: mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
380:
381: You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
382: school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
383: necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
384:
385: Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
386: `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
387:
1.3 harris41 388: <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
1.1 harris41 389: Ty Coon, President of Vice
390:
391: This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
392: proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
393: consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
394: library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
395: Public License instead of this License.
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