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See the 304*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr GNU General Public License for more details. 305*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr 306*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along 307*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 308*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. 309*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr 310*3b37d1dfSAndreas GohrAlso add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. 311*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr 312*3b37d1dfSAndreas GohrIf the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this 313*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohrwhen it starts in an interactive mode: 314*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr 315*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author 316*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'. 317*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it 318*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr under certain conditions; type `show c' for details. 319*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr 320*3b37d1dfSAndreas GohrThe hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate 321*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohrparts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may 322*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohrbe called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be 323*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohrmouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program. 324*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr 325*3b37d1dfSAndreas GohrYou should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your 326*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohrschool, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if 327*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohrnecessary. Here is a sample; alter the names: 328*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr 329*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program 330*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker. 331*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr 332*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989 333*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr Ty Coon, President of Vice 334*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohr 335*3b37d1dfSAndreas GohrThis General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into 336*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohrproprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may 337*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohrconsider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the 338*3b37d1dfSAndreas Gohrlibrary. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General 339*3b37d1dfSAndreas GohrPublic License instead of this License. 340