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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE |
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Version 1, February 1989 |
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Copyright (C) 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA |
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies |
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of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. |
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Preamble |
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The license agreements of most software companies try to keep users |
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at the mercy of those companies. By contrast, our General Public |
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License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free |
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software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. The |
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General Public License applies to the Free Software Foundation's |
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software and to any other program whose authors commit to using it. |
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You can use it for your programs, too. |
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When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not |
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price. Specifically, the General Public License is designed to make |
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sure that you have the freedom to give away or sell copies of free |
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software, that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, |
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that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free |
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programs; and that you know you can do these things. |
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To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid |
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anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights. |
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These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you |
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distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it. |
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For example, if you distribute copies of a such a program, whether |
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gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that |
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you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the |
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source code. And you must tell them their rights. |
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We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and |
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(2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy, |
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distribute and/or modify the software. |
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that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free |
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software. If the software is modified by someone else and passed on, we |
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that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original |
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authors' reputations. |
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The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and |
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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE |
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION |
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0. This License Agreement applies to any program or other work which |
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contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be |
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distributed under the terms of this General Public License. The |
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"Program", below, refers to any such program or work, and a "work based |
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on the Program" means either the Program or any work containing the |
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Program or a portion of it, either verbatim or with modifications. Each |
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licensee is addressed as "you". |
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1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source |
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code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and |
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appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and |
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disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this |
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General Public License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any |
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other recipients of the Program a copy of this General Public License |
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along with the Program. You may charge a fee for the physical act of |
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transferring a copy. |
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2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of |
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it, and copy and distribute such modifications under the terms of Paragraph |
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1 above, provided that you also do the following: |
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a) cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that |
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you changed the files and the date of any change; and |
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b) cause the whole of any work that you distribute or publish, that |
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in whole or in part contains the Program or any part thereof, either |
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with or without modifications, to be licensed at no charge to all |
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third parties under the terms of this General Public License (except |
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that you may choose to grant warranty protection to some or all |
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third parties, at your option). |
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c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively when |
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run, you must cause it, when started running for such interactive use |
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in the simplest and most usual way, to print or display an |
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announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice |
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that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide a |
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conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this General |
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Public License. |
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d) You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a |
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copy, and you may at your option offer warranty protection in |
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exchange for a fee. |
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Mere aggregation of another independent work with the Program (or its |
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derivative) on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring |
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the other work under the scope of these terms. |
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3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a portion or derivative of |
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it, under Paragraph 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of |
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Paragraphs 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: |
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a) accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable |
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source code, which must be distributed under the terms of |
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Paragraphs 1 and 2 above; or, |
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b) accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three |
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years, to give any third party free (except for a nominal charge |
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for the cost of distribution) a complete machine-readable copy of the |
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corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of |
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Paragraphs 1 and 2 above; or, |
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c) accompany it with the information you received as to where the |
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corresponding source code may be obtained. (This alternative is |
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allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you |
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received the program in object code or executable form alone.) |
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Source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making |
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modifications to it. For an executable file, complete source code means |
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all the source code for all modules it contains; but, as a special |
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exception, it need not include source code for modules which are standard |
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libraries that accompany the operating system on which the executable |
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file runs, or for standard header files or definitions files that |
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accompany that operating system. |
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4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, distribute or transfer the |
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Program except as expressly provided under this General Public License. |
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the Program is void, and will automatically terminate your rights to use |
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License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such parties |
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remain in full compliance. |
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5. By copying, distributing or modifying the Program (or any work based |
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and all its terms and conditions. |
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6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the |
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7. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions |
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Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of |
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the license, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software |
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Foundation. |
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8. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free |
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programs whose distribution conditions are different, write to the author |
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to ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by the Free |
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Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes |
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of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and |
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of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally. |
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9. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY |
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FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN |
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OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES |
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PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED |
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OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF |
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MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS |
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TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE |
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PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, |
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REPAIR OR CORRECTION. |
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10. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING |
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WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR |
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REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, |
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INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING |
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OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED |
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TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY |
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YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER |
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PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE |
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POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. |
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END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS |
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Appendix: 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 |
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possible use to humanity, the best way to achieve this is to make it |
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free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these |
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terms. |
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To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to |
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attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively convey |
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the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the |
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"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.> |
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Copyright (C) 19yy <name of author> |
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) |
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any later version. |
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
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GNU General Public License for more details. |
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
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along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software |
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Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301 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 |
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when it starts in an interactive mode: |
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Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19xx name of author |
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Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'. |
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This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it |
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under certain conditions; type `show c' for details. |
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The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the |
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appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, the |
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commands you use may be called something other than `show w' and `show |
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c'; they could even be mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your |
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program. |
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You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your |
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school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if |
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necessary. Here a sample; alter the names: |
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Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the |
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program `Gnomovision' (a program to direct compilers to make passes |
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at assemblers) written by James Hacker. |
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<signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989 |
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Ty Coon, President of Vice |
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That's all there is to it! |