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The +"Program", below, refers to any such program or work, and a "work based +on the Program" means either the Program or any derivative work under +copyright law: that is to say, a work containing the Program or a +portion of it, either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated +into another language. (Hereinafter, translation is included without +limitation in the term "modification".) Each licensee is addressed as +"you".</P> + +<P>Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not +covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of +running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program +is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Program +(independent of having been made by running the Program). Whether that +is true depends on what the Program does.</P> + +<P>1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source +code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously +and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice +and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to +this License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other +recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the +Program.</P> + +<P>You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and +you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a +fee.</P> + +<P>2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion +of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and +distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 +above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:</P> + +<UL> + <P>a. You must cause the modified files to carry prominent + notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any + change.</P> + + <P>b. You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, + that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the + Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no + charge to all third parties under the terms of this + License.</P> + + <P>c. If the modified program normally reads commands + interactively when run, you must cause it, when started running + for such interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or + display an announcement including an appropriate copyright + notice and a notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying + that you provide a warranty) and that users may redistribute + the program under these conditions, and telling the user how to + view a copy of this License. (Exception: if the Program itself + is interactive but does not normally print such an + announcement, your work based on the Program is not required to + print an announcement.)</P> + +</UL> + +<P>These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If +identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program, +and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in +themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to those +sections when you distribute them as separate works. But when you +distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based +on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of +this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the +entire whole, and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote +it.</P> + +<P>Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest +your rights to work written entirely by you; rather, the intent is to +exercise the right to control the distribution of derivative or +collective works based on the Program.</P> + +<P>In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Program +with the Program (or with a work based on the Program) on a volume of a +storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under the +scope of this License.</P> + +<P>3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, +under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of +Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:</P> + +<UL> + + <P>a. Accompany it with the complete corresponding + machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under + the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily + used for software interchange; or,</P> + + <P>b. Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three + years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your + cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete + machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be + distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a + medium customarily used for software interchange; or,</P> + + <P>c. Accompany it with the information you received as to the + offer to distribute corresponding source code. (This + alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distribution and + only if you received the program in object code or executable + form with such an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)</P> +</UL> + +<P>The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for +making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source +code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any +associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control +compilation and installation of the executable. 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However, +parties who have received copies, or rights, from you under this +License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such parties +remain in full compliance.</P> + +<P>5. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not +signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or +distribute the Program or its derivative works. These actions are +prohibited by law if you do not accept this License. Therefore, by +modifying or distributing the Program (or any work based on the +Program), you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so, and +all its terms and conditions for copying, distributing or modifying the +Program or works based on it.</P> + +<P>6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the +Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the +original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to +these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further +restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein. +You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to +this License.</P> + +<P>7. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent +infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues), +conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or +otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not +excuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot +distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this +License and any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you +may not distribute the Program at all. For example, if a patent +license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Program by +all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then +the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to +refrain entirely from distribution of the Program.</P> + +<P>If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under +any particular circumstance, the balance of the section is intended to +apply and the section as a whole is intended to apply in other +circumstances.</P> + +<P>It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any +patents or other property right claims or to contest validity of any +such claims; this section has the sole purpose of protecting the +integrity of the free software distribution system, which is +implemented by public license practices. Many people have made +generous contributions to the wide range of software distributed +through that system in reliance on consistent application of that +system; it is up to the author/donor to decide if he or she is willing +to distribute software through any other system and a licensee cannot +impose that choice.</P> + +<P>This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to +be a consequence of the rest of this License.</P> + +<P>8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in +certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the +original copyright holder who places the Program under this License may +add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding those +countries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among countries +not thus excluded. In such case, this License incorporates the +limitation as if written in the body of this License.</P> + +<P>9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new +versions of the General Public License from time to time. Such new +versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may +differ in detail to address new problems or concerns.</P> + +<P>Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program +specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any +later version", you have the option of following the terms and +conditions either of that version or of any later version published by +the Free Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a +version number of this License, you may choose any version ever +published by the Free Software Foundation.</P> + +<P>10. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free +programs whose distribution conditions are different, write to the +author to ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by the +Free Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we +sometimes make exceptions for this. Our decision will be guided by the +two goals of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free +software and of promoting the sharing and reuse of software +generally.</P> + +<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>NO WARRANTY</B></P> + +<P>11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS +NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE +LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS +AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF +ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, +THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE +PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME +THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.</P> + +<P>12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN +WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY +AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU +FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR +CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE +PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING +RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A +FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF +SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH +DAMAGES.</P> + +<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS</B></P> + +<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>HOW TO APPLY THESE TERMS TO YOUR NEW PROGRAMS</B></P> + +<P>If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest +possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it +free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms. + +<P>To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest +to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively +convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least +the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. + +<PRE> +<VAR>one line to give the program's name and an idea of what it does.</VAR> +Copyright (C) <VAR>yyyy</VAR> <VAR>name of author</VAR> + +This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or +modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License +as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 +of the License, or (at your option) any later version. + +This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +GNU General Public License for more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software +Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA +02111-1307, USA. +</PRE> + +<P>Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and +paper mail.</P> + +<P>If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice +like this when it starts in an interactive mode:</P> + +<PRE> +Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) <VAR>year</VAR> <VAR>name of author</VAR> +Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details +type `show w'. This is free software, and you are welcome +to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `show c' +for details. +</PRE> + +<P>The hypothetical commands <SAMP>`show w'</SAMP> and <SAMP>`show c'</SAMP> should show +the appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, the +commands you use may be called something other than <SAMP>`show w'</SAMP> and +<SAMP>`show c'</SAMP>; they could even be mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever +suits your program. + +<P>You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your +school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if +necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names: + +<PRE> +Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright +interest in the program `Gnomovision' +(which makes passes at compilers) written +by James Hacker. + +<VAR>signature of Ty Coon</VAR>, 1 April 1989 +Ty Coon, President of Vice +</PRE> + +</BODY> +</HTML> |