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This section is inten ded to make thorough ly clear what is believ ed to be a consequence of th e rest of this
License.
8. If the distribut ion and/or use of the Prog ram is restric ted in certai n countries eith er by patents or by
copyrighted inter faces, the origi nal copyright holde r who places the Progr am under this Lice nse may add an
explicit geograph ical distribu tion limitatio n excluding those count ries, so that dis tribution is pe rmitted only
in or among countries not t hus excluded. In suc h case, this Licens e incorporates t he limitation as i f written
in the body of this License .
9. The Free Sof tware Foundat ion may publish revise d and/or new version s of the General Pub lic License from
time to time. Such new ver sions will be simil ar in spirit to the pr esent version, b ut may differ in det ail to
address new problem s or concerns.
Each version is given a d istinguishing ve rsion number. If the Pr ogram species a ve rsion number of th is
License which applies t o it and “any later vers ion”, you have the option of follow ing the terms and con ditions
either of that versi on or of any later versi on published by the Fre e Software Fou ndation. If the Pro gram
does not specify a ver sion number of this Li cense, you may choose any ve rsion ever publish ed by the Free
Software Founda tion.
10. I f you wish to incorpor ate parts of the P rogram into other f ree programs wh ose distribut ion conditions are
different, wri te to the author to as k for permission. F or software wh ich is copyrighted by th e Free Softwar e
Foundation, writ e to the Free Softw are Foundation; we s ometimes make except ions for this. Our de cision
will be guided by the two goa ls of preservin g the free status of a ll derivatives of o ur free softwa re and of
promoting the shari ng and reuse of soft ware generall y.
NO WARRANTY
11. BECAUSE T HE PROGRAM IS LI CENSED FREE OF CH ARGE, THERE IS N O WARRANTY FO R THE
PROGRAM, TO THE EX TENT PERMIT TED BY APPLICAB LE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTH ERWISE
STATED IN WRITING THE COPYR IGHT HOLDERS A ND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVI DE THE
PROGRAM “AS IS” WITH OUT WARRANT Y OF ANY KIND, EIT HER EXPRESSED O R IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT N OT LIMITED TO, THE IMP LIED WARRANTI ES OF MERCHANTABI LITY
AND FITNESS FOR A PARTIC ULAR PURPO SE. THE ENTIRE R ISK AS TO THE QUALIT Y AND
PERFORMANCE OF T HE PROGRAM IS WI TH YOU. SHOULD THE PR OGRAM PROVE DEFE CTIVE,
YOU ASSUME THE COST OF AL L NECESSARY SERVICI NG, REPAIR OR CORR ECTION.
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COPYRIGHT HOLDE R, OR ANY OTHER PARTY W HO MAY MODIFY AND/OR R EDISTRIBU TE
THE PROGRAM AS PER MITTED ABOVE , BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAG ES, INCLUDING A NY
GENERAL, SPEC IAL, INCIDEN TAL OR CONSEQUENTIA L DAMAGES ARISIN G OUT OF THE USE
OR INABILITY TO US E THE PROGRAM (I NCLUDING BUT N OT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR
DATA BEING RENDERED INACCUR ATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR TH IRD PARTIES OR
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END OF TERMS AND COND ITIONS
Appendix: How to Appl y These Terms to Your New Progr ams
If you develop a new progr am, and you want it to be of t he greatest possi ble use to the public, t he best way to
achieve this is to make it fr ee software whi ch everyone can re distribute a nd change under these t erms.
To do so, attach the following n otices to the progra m. It is safest to at tach them to the st art of each source  le
to most effectivel y convey the exclusion of wa rranty; and e ach le should have at lea st the “copyright ” line and a
pointer to where the fu ll notice is found.
<one line to give the progr am’s name and a brief id ea of what it does.>
Copyright (C) 19yy <name of a uthor>
This program is free s oftware; you ca n redistribu te it and/or modify i t under the terms of t he GNU General
Public License as publ ished by the Free Sof tware Foundati on; either vers ion 2 of the License, or (at you r option)
any later version.
This program is dis tributed in the ho pe that it will be usefu l, but WITHOUT A NY WARRANTY; wit hout even
the implied warra nty of MERCHANTABI LITY or FITNE SS FOR A PARTICULAR P URPOSE. See th e GNU
General Public Li cense for more detai ls.
You should have received a copy of the G NU General Publ ic License along wit h this program; if n ot, write to the
Free Software Fo undation, Inc. , 675 Mass Ave, Cambri dge, MA 02139, USA.
Also add information o n how to contact you by elec tronic and pape r mail.