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250*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr  10. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free
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252*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohrto ask for permission.  For software which is copyrighted by the Free
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280*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr                     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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282*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr            How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
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284*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr  If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
285*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohrpossible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
286*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohrfree software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
287*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr
288*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr  To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest
289*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohrto attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
290*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohrconvey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
291*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohrthe "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
292*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr
293*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr    <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
294*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr    Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
295*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr
296*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
297*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
298*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
299*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr    (at your option) any later version.
300*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr
301*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
302*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
303*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
304*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr    GNU General Public License for more details.
305*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr
306*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
307*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
308*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
309*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr
310*ca76a2e6SAndreas GohrAlso add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
311*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr
312*ca76a2e6SAndreas GohrIf the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
313*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohrwhen it starts in an interactive mode:
314*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr
315*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr    Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
316*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr    Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
317*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
318*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr    under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
319*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr
320*ca76a2e6SAndreas GohrThe hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
321*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohrparts of the General Public License.  Of course, the commands you use may
322*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohrbe called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
323*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohrmouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
324*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr
325*ca76a2e6SAndreas GohrYou should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
326*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohrschool, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
327*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohrnecessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:
328*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr
329*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr  Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
330*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr  `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
331*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr
332*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr  <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
333*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr  Ty Coon, President of Vice
334*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohr
335*ca76a2e6SAndreas GohrThis General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
336*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohrproprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you may
337*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohrconsider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
338*ca76a2e6SAndreas Gohrlibrary.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
339*ca76a2e6SAndreas GohrPublic License instead of this License.
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