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1.1 tomglok 1: GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
2: Version 2, June 1991
3:
4: Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
5: 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
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60: TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
61:
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257:
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260: 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
261: FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN
262: OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
263: PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
264: OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
265: MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS
266: TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE
267: PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
268: REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
269:
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271: WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
272: REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
273: INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
274: OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
275: TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY
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277: PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
278: POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
279:
280: END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
281:
282: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
283:
284: If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
285: possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
286: free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
287:
288: To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
289: to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
290: convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
291: the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
292:
293: <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
294: Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
295:
296: This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
297: it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
298: the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
299: (at your option) any later version.
300:
301: This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
302: but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
303: MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
304: GNU General Public License for more details.
305:
306: You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
307: with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
308: 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
309:
310: Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
311:
312: If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
313: when it starts in an interactive mode:
314:
315: Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
316: Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
317: This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
318: under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
319:
320: The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
321: parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may
322: be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
323: mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
324:
325: You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
326: school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
327: necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
328:
329: Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
330: `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
331:
332: <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
333: Ty Coon, President of Vice
334:
335: This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
336: proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
337: consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
338: library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
339: Public License instead of this License.
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