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Thissectionisintendedtomakethoroughlyclearwhatisbelievedtobeaconsequenceoftherestof
thisLicense.
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.
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.
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.
10.IfyouwishtoincorporatepartsoftheProgramintootherfreeprogramswhosedistribution
conditionsaredifferent,w rite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.
NOWARRANTY
11.BECAUSETHEPROGRAMISLICENSEDFREEOFCHARGE,THEREISNOWARRANTY
FORTHEPROGRAM,TOT HE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SERVIC ING,REPAIRORCORRECTION.
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.
ENDOFTERMSANDCONDITIONS