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  8. <h3 id="SEC1">GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</h3>
  9. <p>
  10. Version 2, June 1991
  11. </p>
  12. <pre>Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  13. 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
  14. Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
  15. of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
  16. </pre>
  17. <span id="SEC2"></span>
  18. <h4 id="preamble">Preamble</h4>
  19. <p>
  20. The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
  21. freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public
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  26. using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by
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  28. your programs, too.
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  31. When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
  32. price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
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  39. To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
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  45. For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
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  52. We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and
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  57. Also, for each author's protection and ours, we want to make certain
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  71. <p>
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  75. <span id="SEC3"></span>
  76. <h4 id="terms">TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION</h4>
  77. <p id="section0">
  78. <strong>0.</strong>
  79. This License applies to any program or other work which contains
  80. a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed
  81. under the terms of this General Public License. The "Program", below,
  82. refers to any such program or work, and a "work based on the Program"
  83. means either the Program or any derivative work under copyright law:
  84. that is to say, a work containing the Program or a portion of it,
  85. either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into another
  86. language. (Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in
  87. the term "modification".) Each licensee is addressed as "you".
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  89. <p>
  90. Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
  91. covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of
  92. running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program
  93. is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the
  94. Program (independent of having been made by running the Program).
  95. Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.
  96. </p>
  97. <p id="section1">
  98. <strong>1.</strong>
  99. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
  100. source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
  101. conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate
  102. copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the
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  108. You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and
  109. you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee.
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  111. <p id="section2">
  112. <strong>2.</strong>
  113. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion
  114. of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and
  115. distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1
  116. above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:
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  118. <dl>
  119. <dt></dt>
  120. <dd>
  121. <strong>a)</strong>
  122. You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices
  123. stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
  124. </dd>
  125. <dt></dt>
  126. <dd>
  127. <strong>b)</strong>
  128. You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
  129. whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any
  130. part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third
  131. parties under the terms of this License.
  132. </dd>
  133. <dt></dt>
  134. <dd>
  135. <strong>c)</strong>
  136. If the modified program normally reads commands interactively
  137. when run, you must cause it, when started running for such
  138. interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an
  139. announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a
  140. notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide
  141. a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under
  142. these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this
  143. License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but
  144. does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on
  145. the Program is not required to print an announcement.)
  146. </dd>
  147. </dl>
  148. <p>
  149. These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If
  150. identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program,
  151. and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in
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  154. distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based
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  156. this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the
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  159. <p>
  160. Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest
  161. your rights to work written entirely by you; rather, the intent is to
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  166. In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Program
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  168. a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under
  169. the scope of this License.
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  171. <p id="section3">
  172. <strong>3.</strong>
  173. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
  174. under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of
  175. Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
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  177. <!-- we use this doubled UL to get the sub-sections indented, -->
  178. <!-- while making the bullets as unobvious as possible. -->
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  180. <dt></dt>
  181. <dd>
  182. <strong>a)</strong>
  183. Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable
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  185. 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
  186. </dd>
  187. <dt></dt>
  188. <dd>
  189. <strong>b)</strong>
  190. Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
  191. years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
  192. cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
  193. machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be
  194. distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium
  195. customarily used for software interchange; or,
  196. </dd>
  197. <dt></dt>
  198. <dd>
  199. <strong>c)</strong>
  200. Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer
  201. to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is
  202. allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you
  203. received the program in object code or executable form with such
  204. an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)
  205. </dd>
  206. </dl>
  207. <p>
  208. The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for
  209. making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source
  210. code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any
  211. associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to
  212. control compilation and installation of the executable. However, as a
  213. special exception, the source code distributed need not include
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  215. form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the
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  223. distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not
  224. compelled to copy the source along with the object code.
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  226. <p id="section4">
  227. <strong>4.</strong>
  228. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program
  229. except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt
  230. otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Program is
  231. void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License.
  232. However, parties who have received copies, or rights, from you under
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  236. <p id="section5">
  237. <strong>5.</strong>
  238. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not
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  240. distribute the Program or its derivative works. These actions are
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  244. all its terms and conditions for copying, distributing or modifying
  245. the Program or works based on it.
  246. </p>
  247. <p id="section6">
  248. <strong>6.</strong>
  249. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the
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  251. original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to
  252. these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further
  253. restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein.
  254. You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to
  255. this License.
  256. </p>
  257. <p id="section7">
  258. <strong>7.</strong>
  259. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent
  260. infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues),
  261. conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
  262. otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not
  263. excuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot
  264. distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this
  265. License and any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you
  266. may not distribute the Program at all. For example, if a patent
  267. license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Program by
  268. all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then
  269. the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to
  270. refrain entirely from distribution of the Program.
  271. </p>
  272. <p>
  273. If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under
  274. any particular circumstance, the balance of the section is intended to
  275. apply and the section as a whole is intended to apply in other
  276. circumstances.
  277. </p>
  278. <p>
  279. It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any
  280. patents or other property right claims or to contest validity of any
  281. such claims; this section has the sole purpose of protecting the
  282. integrity of the free software distribution system, which is
  283. implemented by public license practices. Many people have made
  284. generous contributions to the wide range of software distributed
  285. through that system in reliance on consistent application of that
  286. system; it is up to the author/donor to decide if he or she is willing
  287. to distribute software through any other system and a licensee cannot
  288. impose that choice.
  289. </p>
  290. <p>
  291. This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to
  292. be a consequence of the rest of this License.
  293. </p>
  294. <p id="section8">
  295. <strong>8.</strong>
  296. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
  297. certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
  298. original copyright holder who places the Program under this License
  299. may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding
  300. those countries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among
  301. countries not thus excluded. In such case, this License incorporates
  302. the limitation as if written in the body of this License.
  303. </p>
  304. <p id="section9">
  305. <strong>9.</strong>
  306. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
  307. of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will
  308. be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to
  309. address new problems or concerns.
  310. </p>
  311. <p>
  312. Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program
  313. specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any
  314. later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions
  315. either of that version or of any later version published by the Free
  316. Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of
  317. this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software
  318. Foundation.
  319. </p>
  320. <p id="section10">
  321. <strong>10.</strong>
  322. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free
  323. programs whose distribution conditions are different, write to the author
  324. to ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by the Free
  325. Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes
  326. make exceptions for this. Our decision will be guided by the two goals
  327. of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and
  328. of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
  329. </p>
  330. <p id="section11"><strong>NO WARRANTY</strong></p>
  331. <p>
  332. <strong>11.</strong>
  333. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
  334. FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN
  335. OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
  336. PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
  337. OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
  338. MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS
  339. TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE
  340. PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
  341. REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
  342. </p>
  343. <p id="section12">
  344. <strong>12.</strong>
  345. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
  346. WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
  347. REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
  348. INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
  349. OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
  350. TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY
  351. YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
  352. PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
  353. POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
  354. </p>
  355. <h4>END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS</h4>
  356. <span id="SEC4"></span>
  357. <h4 id="howto">How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs</h4>
  358. <p>
  359. If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
  360. possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
  361. free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
  362. </p>
  363. <p>
  364. To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
  365. to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
  366. convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
  367. the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
  368. </p>
  369. <pre><var>one line to give the program's name and an idea of what it does.</var>
  370. Copyright (C) <var>yyyy</var> <var>name of author</var>
  371. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  372. modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
  373. as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
  374. of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  375. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  376. but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  377. MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
  378. GNU General Public License for more details.
  379. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  380. along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  381. Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  382. </pre>
  383. <p>
  384. Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
  385. </p>
  386. <p>
  387. If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
  388. when it starts in an interactive mode:
  389. </p>
  390. <pre>Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) <var>year</var> <var>name of author</var>
  391. Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details
  392. type `show w'. This is free software, and you are welcome
  393. to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `show c'
  394. for details.
  395. </pre>
  396. <p>
  397. The hypothetical commands <samp>`show w'</samp> and <samp>`show c'</samp> should show
  398. the appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, the
  399. commands you use may be called something other than <samp>`show w'</samp> and
  400. <samp>`show c'</samp>; they could even be mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever
  401. suits your program.
  402. </p>
  403. <p>
  404. You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
  405. school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
  406. necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
  407. </p>
  408. <pre>Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright
  409. interest in the program `Gnomovision'
  410. (which makes passes at compilers) written
  411. by James Hacker.
  412. <var>signature of Ty Coon</var>, 1 April 1989
  413. Ty Coon, President of Vice
  414. </pre>
  415. <p>
  416. This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
  417. proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
  418. consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
  419. library. If this is what you want to do, use the
  420. <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html">GNU Lesser General Public License</a>
  421. instead of this License.
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