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1 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE 2 Version 2, June 1991 3 4 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 5 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA 6 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies 7 of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. 8 9 Preamble 10 11 The licenses for most software are designed to take away your 12freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public 13License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free 14software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. This 15General Public License applies to most of the Free Software 16Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to 17using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by 18the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You can apply it to 19your programs, too. 20 21 When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not 22price. 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The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions 238of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will 239be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to 240address new problems or concerns. 241 242Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program 243specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any 244later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions 245either of that version or of any later version published by the Free 246Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of 247this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software 248Foundation. 249 250 10. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free 251programs whose distribution conditions are different, write to the author 252to ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by the Free 253Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes 254make exceptions for this. Our decision will be guided by the two goals 255of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and 256of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally. 257 258 NO WARRANTY 259 260 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY 261FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN 262OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES 263PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED 264OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 265MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS 266TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE 267PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, 268REPAIR OR CORRECTION. 269 270 12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING 271WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR 272REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, 273INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING 274OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED 275TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY 276YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER 277PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE 278POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 279 280 END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS 281 282 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs 283 284 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest 285possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it 286free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms. 287 288 To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest 289to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively 290convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least 291the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. 292 293 <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.> 294 Copyright (C) <year> <name of author> 295 296 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 297 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 298 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or 299 (at your option) any later version. 300 301 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 302 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 303 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 304 GNU General Public License for more details. 305 306 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 307 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 308 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA 309 310 311Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. 312 313If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this 314when it starts in an interactive mode: 315 316 Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author 317 Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'. 318 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it 319 under certain conditions; type `show c' for details. 320 321The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate 322parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may 323be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be 324mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program. 325 326You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your 327school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if 328necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names: 329 330 Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program 331 `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker. 332 333 <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989 334 Ty Coon, President of Vice 335 336This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into 337proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may 338consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the 339library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General 340Public License instead of this License.