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17: GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
18: Version 2, June 1991
19:
20: Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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22: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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25: Preamble
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1.1 veillard 75: GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
76: TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
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95: 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
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1.1 veillard 245: 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
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272: of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
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276: 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
277: FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN
278: OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
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282: TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE
283: PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
284: REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
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287: WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
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289: INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
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295:
296: END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1.2 veillard 297:
1.1 veillard 298: Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
299:
300: If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
301: possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
302: free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
303:
304: To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
305: to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
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307: the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
308:
1.2 veillard 309: <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
310: Copyright (C) 19yy <name of author>
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312: This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
313: it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
314: the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
315: (at your option) any later version.
316:
317: This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
318: but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
319: MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
320: GNU General Public License for more details.
321:
322: You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
323: along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
324: Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
325:
326: Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
327:
328: If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
329: when it starts in an interactive mode:
330:
331: Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19yy name of author
332: Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
333: This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
334: under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
335:
336: The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
337: parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may
338: be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
339: mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
340:
341: You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
342: school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
343: necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
344:
345: Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
346: `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
347:
1.2 veillard 348: <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
1.1 veillard 349: Ty Coon, President of Vice
350:
351: This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
352: proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
353: consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
354: library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
355: Public License instead of this License.
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