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Chris@564 1 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Chris@564 2 Version 2, June 1991
Chris@564 3
Chris@564 4 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Chris@564 6 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
Chris@564 7 of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
Chris@564 8
Chris@564 9 Preamble
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Chris@564 11 The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
Chris@564 12 freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public
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Chris@564 15 General Public License applies to most of the Free Software
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Chris@564 18 the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You can apply it to
Chris@564 19 your programs, too.
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Chris@564 21 When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
Chris@564 22 price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
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Chris@564 25 if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it
Chris@564 26 in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.
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Chris@564 28 To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
Chris@564 29 anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights.
Chris@564 30 These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you
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Chris@564 33 For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
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Chris@564 39 We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and
Chris@564 40 (2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy,
Chris@564 41 distribute and/or modify the software.
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Chris@564 43 Also, for each author's protection and ours, we want to make certain
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Chris@564 56 The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
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Chris@564 59 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Chris@564 60 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
Chris@564 61
Chris@564 62 0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains
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Chris@564 70 the term "modification".) Each licensee is addressed as "you".
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Chris@564 72 Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
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Chris@564 74 running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program
Chris@564 75 is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the
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Chris@564 77 Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.
Chris@564 78
Chris@564 79 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
Chris@564 80 source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
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Chris@564 90 2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion
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Chris@564 103 c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively
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Chris@564 114 These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If
Chris@564 115 identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program,
Chris@564 116 and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in
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Chris@564 134 3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
Chris@564 135 under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of
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Chris@564 138 a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable
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Chris@564 142 b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
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Chris@564 149 c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer
Chris@564 150 to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is
Chris@564 151 allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you
Chris@564 152 received the program in object code or executable form with such
Chris@564 153 an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)
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Chris@564 155 The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for
Chris@564 156 making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source
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Chris@564 159 control compilation and installation of the executable. However, as a
Chris@564 160 special exception, the source code distributed need not include
Chris@564 161 anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary
Chris@564 162 form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the
Chris@564 163 operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component
Chris@564 164 itself accompanies the executable.
Chris@564 165
Chris@564 166 If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering
Chris@564 167 access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent
Chris@564 168 access to copy the source code from the same place counts as
Chris@564 169 distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not
Chris@564 170 compelled to copy the source along with the object code.
Chris@564 171
Chris@564 172 4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program
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Chris@564 229 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
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Chris@564 237 9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
Chris@564 238 of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will
Chris@564 239 be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to
Chris@564 240 address new problems or concerns.
Chris@564 241
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Chris@564 244 later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions
Chris@564 245 either of that version or of any later version published by the Free
Chris@564 246 Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of
Chris@564 247 this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software
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Chris@564 250 10. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free
Chris@564 251 programs whose distribution conditions are different, write to the author
Chris@564 252 to ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by the Free
Chris@564 253 Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes
Chris@564 254 make exceptions for this. Our decision will be guided by the two goals
Chris@564 255 of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and
Chris@564 256 of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
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Chris@564 258 NO WARRANTY
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Chris@564 260 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
Chris@564 261 FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN
Chris@564 262 OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
Chris@564 263 PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
Chris@564 264 OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
Chris@564 265 MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS
Chris@564 266 TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE
Chris@564 267 PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
Chris@564 268 REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
Chris@564 269
Chris@564 270 12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
Chris@564 271 WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
Chris@564 272 REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
Chris@564 273 INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
Chris@564 274 OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
Chris@564 275 TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY
Chris@564 276 YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
Chris@564 277 PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
Chris@564 278 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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Chris@564 280 END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS