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4@node GPL, Tips, GNU Free Documentation License, Top
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6@appendix GNU General Public License
7@c The GNU General Public License.
8@center Version 3, 29 June 2007
9
10@c This file is intended to be included within another document,
11@c hence no sectioning command or @node.
12
13@display
14Copyright @copyright{} 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @url{http://fsf.org/}
15
16Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
17license document, but changing it is not allowed.
18@end display
19
20@heading Preamble
21
22The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for
23software and other kinds of works.
24
25The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed
26to take away your freedom to share and change the works. By contrast,
27the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom
28to share and change all versions of a program---to make sure it remains
29free software for all its users. We, the Free Software Foundation,
30use the GNU General Public License for most of our software; it
31applies also to any other work released this way by its authors. You
32can apply it to your programs, too.
33
34When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
35price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
36have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for
37them if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you
38want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new
39free programs, and that you know you can do these things.
40
41To protect your rights, we need to prevent others from denying you
42these rights or asking you to surrender the rights. Therefore, you
43have certain responsibilities if you distribute copies of the
44software, or if you modify it: responsibilities to respect the freedom
45of others.
46
47For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
48gratis or for a fee, you must pass on to the recipients the same
49freedoms that you received. You must make sure that they, too,
50receive or can get the source code. And you must show them these
51terms so they know their rights.
52
53Developers that use the GNU GPL protect your rights with two steps:
54(1) assert copyright on the software, and (2) offer you this License
55giving you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify it.
56
57For the developers' and authors' protection, the GPL clearly explains
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59authors' sake, the GPL requires that modified versions be marked as
60changed, so that their problems will not be attributed erroneously to
61authors of previous versions.
62
63Some devices are designed to deny users access to install or run
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65manufacturer can do so. This is fundamentally incompatible with the
66aim of protecting users' freedom to change the software. The
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68individuals to use, which is precisely where it is most unacceptable.
69Therefore, we have designed this version of the GPL to prohibit the
70practice for those products. If such problems arise substantially in
71other domains, we stand ready to extend this provision to those
72domains in future versions of the GPL, as needed to protect the
73freedom of users.
74
75Finally, every program is threatened constantly by software patents.
76States should not allow patents to restrict development and use of
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78to avoid the special danger that patents applied to a free program
79could make it effectively proprietary. To prevent this, the GPL
80assures that patents cannot be used to render the program non-free.
81
82The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
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84
85@heading TERMS AND CONDITIONS
86
87@enumerate 0
88@item Definitions.
89
90``This License'' refers to version 3 of the GNU General Public License.
91
92``Copyright'' also means copyright-like laws that apply to other kinds
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94
95``The Program'' refers to any copyrightable work licensed under this
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98
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103
104A ``covered work'' means either the unmodified Program or a work based
105on the Program.
106
107To ``propagate'' a work means to do anything with it that, without
108permission, would make you directly or secondarily liable for
109infringement under applicable copyright law, except executing it on a
110computer or modifying a private copy. Propagation includes copying,
111distribution (with or without modification), making available to the
112public, and in some countries other activities as well.
113
114To ``convey'' a work means any kind of propagation that enables other
115parties to make or receive copies. Mere interaction with a user
116through a computer network, with no transfer of a copy, is not
117conveying.
118
119An interactive user interface displays ``Appropriate Legal Notices'' to
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127
128@item Source Code.
129
130The ``source code'' for a work means the preferred form of the work for
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133
134A ``Standard Interface'' means an interface that either is an official
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138
139The ``System Libraries'' of an executable work include anything, other
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148produce the work, or an object code interpreter used to run it.
149
150The ``Corresponding Source'' for a work in object code form means all
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160such as by intimate data communication or control flow between those
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162
163The Corresponding Source need not include anything that users can
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165
166The Corresponding Source for a work in source code form is that same
167work.
168
169@item Basic Permissions.
170
171All rights granted under this License are granted for the term of
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178
179You may make, run and propagate covered works that you do not convey,
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189
190Conveying under any other circumstances is permitted solely under the
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194@item Protecting Users' Legal Rights From Anti-Circumvention Law.
195
196No covered work shall be deemed part of an effective technological
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199similar laws prohibiting or restricting circumvention of such
200measures.
201
202When you convey a covered work, you waive any legal power to forbid
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209
210@item Conveying Verbatim Copies.
211
212You may convey verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you
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220You may charge any price or no price for each copy that you convey,
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223@item Conveying Modified Source Versions.
224
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227terms of section 4, provided that you also meet all of these
228conditions:
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230@enumerate a
231@item
232The work must carry prominent notices stating that you modified it,
233and giving a relevant date.
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235@item
236The work must carry prominent notices stating that it is released
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239notices''.
240
241@item
242You must license the entire work, as a whole, under this License to
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248separately received it.
249
250@item
251If the work has interactive user interfaces, each must display
252Appropriate Legal Notices; however, if the Program has interactive
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255@end enumerate
256
257A compilation of a covered work with other separate and independent
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265parts of the aggregate.
266
267@item Conveying Non-Source Forms.
268
269You may convey a covered work in object code form under the terms of
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272ways:
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274@enumerate a
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276Convey the object code in, or embodied in, a physical product
277(including a physical distribution medium), accompanied by the
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279used for software interchange.
280
281@item
282Convey the object code in, or embodied in, a physical product
283(including a physical distribution medium), accompanied by a written
284offer, valid for at least three years and valid for as long as you
285offer spare parts or customer support for that product model, to give
286anyone who possesses the object code either (1) a copy of the
287Corresponding Source for all the software in the product that is
288covered by this License, on a durable physical medium customarily used
289for software interchange, for a price no more than your reasonable
290cost of physically performing this conveying of source, or (2) access
291to copy the Corresponding Source from a network server at no charge.
292
293@item
294Convey individual copies of the object code with a copy of the written
295offer to provide the Corresponding Source. This alternative is
296allowed only occasionally and noncommercially, and only if you
297received the object code with such an offer, in accord with subsection
2986b.
299
300@item
301Convey the object code by offering access from a designated place
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305Corresponding Source along with the object code. If the place to copy
306the object code is a network server, the Corresponding Source may be
307on a different server (operated by you or a third party) that supports
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310Regardless of what server hosts the Corresponding Source, you remain
311obligated to ensure that it is available for as long as needed to
312satisfy these requirements.
313
314@item
315Convey the object code using peer-to-peer transmission, provided you
316inform other peers where the object code and Corresponding Source of
317the work are being offered to the general public at no charge under
318subsection 6d.
319
320@end enumerate
321
322A separable portion of the object code, whose source code is excluded
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324included in conveying the object code work.
325
326A ``User Product'' is either (1) a ``consumer product'', which means any
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330consumer product, doubtful cases shall be resolved in favor of
331coverage. For a particular product received by a particular user,
332``normally used'' refers to a typical or common use of that class of
333product, regardless of the status of the particular user or of the way
334in which the particular user actually uses, or expects or is expected
335to use, the product. A product is a consumer product regardless of
336whether the product has substantial commercial, industrial or
337non-consumer uses, unless such uses represent the only significant
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339
340``Installation Information'' for a User Product means any methods,
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344information must suffice to ensure that the continued functioning of
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346solely because modification has been made.
347
348If you convey an object code work under this section in, or with, or
349specifically for use in, a User Product, and the conveying occurs as
350part of a transaction in which the right of possession and use of the
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352fixed term (regardless of how the transaction is characterized), the
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357been installed in ROM).
358
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362recipient, or for the User Product in which it has been modified or
363installed. Access to a network may be denied when the modification
364itself materially and adversely affects the operation of the network
365or violates the rules and protocols for communication across the
366network.
367
368Corresponding Source conveyed, and Installation Information provided,
369in accord with this section must be in a format that is publicly
370documented (and with an implementation available to the public in
371source code form), and must require no special password or key for
372unpacking, reading or copying.
373
374@item Additional Terms.
375
376``Additional permissions'' are terms that supplement the terms of this
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378Additional permissions that are applicable to the entire Program shall
379be treated as though they were included in this License, to the extent
380that they are valid under applicable law. If additional permissions
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382under those permissions, but the entire Program remains governed by
383this License without regard to the additional permissions.
384
385When you convey a copy of a covered work, you may at your option
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390for which you have or can give appropriate copyright permission.
391
392Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, for material you
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395
396@enumerate a
397@item
398Disclaiming warranty or limiting liability differently from the terms
399of sections 15 and 16 of this License; or
400
401@item
402Requiring preservation of specified reasonable legal notices or author
403attributions in that material or in the Appropriate Legal Notices
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406@item
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408requiring that modified versions of such material be marked in
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410
411@item
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414
415@item
416Declining to grant rights under trademark law for use of some trade
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418
419@item
420Requiring indemnification of licensors and authors of that material by
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425@end enumerate
426
427All other non-permissive additional terms are considered ``further
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429received it, or any part of it, contains a notice stating that it is
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436
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441
442Additional terms, permissive or non-permissive, may be stated in the
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444above requirements apply either way.
445
446@item Termination.
447
448You may not propagate or modify a covered work except as expressly
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453
454However, if you cease all violation of this License, then your license
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45960 days after the cessation.
460
461Moreover, your license from a particular copyright holder is
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467
468Termination of your rights under this section does not terminate the
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473
474@item Acceptance Not Required for Having Copies.
475
476You are not required to accept this License in order to receive or run
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484
485@item Automatic Licensing of Downstream Recipients.
486
487Each time you convey a covered work, the recipient automatically
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492An ``entity transaction'' is a transaction transferring control of an
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501
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509
510@item Patents.
511
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515
516A contributor's ``essential patent claims'' are all patent claims owned
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531In the following three paragraphs, a ``patent license'' is any express
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536patent against the party.
537
538If you convey a covered work, knowingly relying on a patent license,
539and the Corresponding Source of the work is not available for anyone
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542then you must either (1) cause the Corresponding Source to be so
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545consistent with the requirements of this License, to extend the patent
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549in a country, would infringe one or more identifiable patents in that
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551
552If, pursuant to or in connection with a single transaction or
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559
560A patent license is ``discriminatory'' if it does not include within the
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568who would receive the covered work from you, a discriminatory patent
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573license was granted, prior to 28 March 2007.
574
575Nothing in this License shall be construed as excluding or limiting
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578
579@item No Surrender of Others' Freedom.
580
581If conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
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584a covered work so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under
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588from those to whom you convey the Program, the only way you could
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591
592@item Use with the GNU Affero General Public License.
593
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599but the special requirements of the GNU Affero General Public License,
600section 13, concerning interaction through a network will apply to the
601combination as such.
602
603@item Revised Versions of this License.
604
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618
619If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future versions
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623
624Later license versions may give you additional or different
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628
629@item Disclaimer of Warranty.
630
631THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
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636A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND
637PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE
638DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR
639CORRECTION.
640
641@item Limitation of Liability.
642
643IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
644WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR
645CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
646INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
647ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT
648NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR
649LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM
650TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER
651PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
652
653@item Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
654
655If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
656above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
657reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates
658an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
659Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a
660copy of the Program in return for a fee.
661
662@end enumerate
663
664@heading END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
665
666@heading How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
667
668If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
669possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
670free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these
671terms.
672
673To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
674to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
675state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
676the ``copyright'' line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
677
678@smallexample
679@var{one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.}
680Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{name of author}
681
682This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
683it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
684the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
685your option) any later version.
686
687This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
688WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
689MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
690General Public License for more details.
691
692You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
693along with this program. If not, see @url{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}.
694@end smallexample
695
696Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
697
698If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short
699notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
700
701@smallexample
702@var{program} Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{name of author}
703This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type @samp{show w}.
704This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
705under certain conditions; type @samp{show c} for details.
706@end smallexample
707
708The hypothetical commands @samp{show w} and @samp{show c} should show
709the appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, your
710program's commands might be different; for a GUI interface, you would
711use an ``about box''.
712
713You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
714if any, to sign a ``copyright disclaimer'' for the program, if necessary.
715For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
716@url{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}.
717
718The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your
719program into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine
720library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary
721applications with the library. If this is what you want to do, use
722the GNU Lesser General Public License instead of this License. But
723first, please read @url{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html}.
724
725@ignore
726 arch-tag: d00ac830-e120-41fb-bbc5-7ca3eeaa227f
727@end ignore