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This section is intended to make t horoughly cl ear what is believed to be a cons equence of t he rest of this
License.
8. If the distr ibution and/or use of the Progr am is rest ricted in ce rtain count ries e ither by pa tents or by
copyrighted inter faces, the o riginal copyrig ht holder who p laces the Progr am under this License may add a n
explicit geogr aphical dis tribution l imitation e xcluding those countries, so that dis tribution is permit ted only
in or among countries not t hus excluded. In suc h case, this Licens e incorporates th e limitation as if w ritten in
the body of this License .
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time to ti me. Such new vers ions will be simila r in spi rit to the prese nt version , but m ay differ in deta il to
address new problem s or concerns.
Each ver sion is given a dis tinguishi ng vers ion num ber. If the Pr ogram specifie s a ve rsion number of this
License which applies t o it and “any later vers ion”, you have the option of foll owing the terms and co nditions
either of that ve rsion or of any later v ersion p ublished by the Free Sof tware Foundation. If the Progra m
does not specif y a versi on number of this License , you may ch oose any ver sion ever pu blished by th e Free
Software Founda tion.
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different, wr ite to the auth or to ask for per mission. For s oftware whi ch is copyrighted by the Free Sof tware
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will be guid ed by the two goals of preser ving the free st atus of al l derivati ves of our free sof tware an d of
promoting the shari ng and reuse of soft ware generall y.
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PROGRA M, T O THE EX TENT PERM ITTED BY APPLI CABL E LAW. EXC EPT W HEN OTHERW ISE
STATED IN WRIT ING THE COP YRI GHT HOLD ERS AND /OR OTHE R PAR TIES PRO VIDE TH E
PROGR AM “A S I S” W ITHOU T WA RRAN TY OF ANY KIND, EI THER EXP RESSE D O R IM PLIE D,
INCLU DIN G, BU T N OT L IMI TED TO, TH E I MPL IED WAR RA NTI ES OF MERC HAN TABI LIT Y
AND F ITNE SS F OR A PAR TICU LAR PUR POSE. TH E EN TIRE RI SK A S TO THE QUA LIT Y AN D
PERFORMANC E OF T HE PROG RAM IS WITH YOU. SHOU LD THE PROGRA M PROVE DEFECTIV E,
YOU ASSUME THE COST OF AL L NECESSARY SERVICI NG, REPAIR OR CORR ECTION.
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COPYRIGHT HO LDER, O R ANY OTHE R PARTY W HO MAY MODIF Y AND/OR REDISTRI BUTE THE
PROGRAM AS PERMI TTED ABOVE, BE LIA BLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLU DING ANY GENER AL,
SPECIAL, INC IDENTAL OR CONSE QUENTIAL DAM AGES ARISIN G OUT OF TH E USE OR IN ABILITY
TO USE THE P ROGRA M (IN CLUDIN G BUT NOT L IMITE D TO LO SS OF DATA OR DATA BEI NG
RENDERED I NACCURATE OR LOSSES SU STAINED BY YOU OR THI RD PARTIES OR A FAI LURE OF
THE PROGRAM TO OPER ATE WITH ANY OTHER PR OGRAMS), EV EN IF SUCH HOLDE R OR OTHER
PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISE D OF THE POSSIBIL ITY OF SUCH DAMAGE S.
END OF TERMS AND COND ITIONS
Appendix: How to Appl y These Terms to Your New Progr ams
If you develop a n ew program, and you want i t to be of the greatest poss ible use to th e public, the 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 t he following noti ces to the pro gram. It is safest to at tach them to the start of each source le
to most effective ly convey the exclusio n of warranty ; and each le should have at least the “co pyright” line an d 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 progr am is fr ee soft ware; you can red istribute it and /or modify it und er the t erms of the GNU General
Public License as p ublished by the Fr ee Softwar e Foundation; ei ther version 2 of the License, o r (at your option)
any later version.
This program is distribu ted in the ho pe that it w ill be useful , but WITHO UT ANY WARR ANTY; withou t even
the impl ied wa rranty of ME RCHANTABI LITY or FIT NESS F OR A PARTICUL AR PU RPOSE. See t he GNU
General Public Li cense for more detai ls.
You should have received a copy of th e GNU General Pu blic License along w ith this progra m; if not, write to t he
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.