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598 THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH
599 YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL
600 NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
602 16. Limitation of Liability.
603 </h2><p>
604 IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL
605 ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THE
606 PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
607 GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE
608 OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA
609 OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD
610 PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS),
611 EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
612 SUCH DAMAGES.
615 </h2><p>
616 If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided above
617 cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms, reviewing
618 courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates an absolute
619 waiver of all civil liability in connection with the Program, unless a
620 warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a copy of the Program in
621 return for a fee.
623 END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
625 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
626 </h2><p>
627 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest possible
628 use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it free software
629 which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
630 </p><p>
631 To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to
632 attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively state the
633 exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the
634 “copyright” line and a pointer to where the full notice is
635 found.
637 <em class="replaceable"><code>one line to give the program’s name and a brief idea of what it does.</code></em>
638 Copyright (C) <em class="replaceable"><code>year</code></em> <em class="replaceable"><code>name of author</code></em>
640 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
641 it under the terms of the <acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym> General Public License as published by
642 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
643 (at your option) any later version.
645 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
646 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
647 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
650 You should have received a copy of the <acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym> General Public License
651 along with this program. If not, see <a class="ulink" href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/" target="_top">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/</a>.
652 </pre><p>
653 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
654 </p><p>
655 If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short notice like
656 this when it starts in an interactive mode:
658 <em class="replaceable"><code>program</code></em> Copyright (C) <em class="replaceable"><code>year</code></em> <em class="replaceable"><code>name of author</code></em>
659 This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type ‘<code class="literal">show w</code>’.
660 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
662 </pre><p>
665 the General Public License. Of course, your program’s commands might be
666 different; for a GUI interface, you would use an “about box”.
667 </p><p>
668 You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
669 if any, to sign a “copyright disclaimer” for the program, if
670 necessary. For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the
672 <a class="ulink" href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/" target="_top">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/</a>.
673 </p><p>
675 incorporating your program into proprietary programs. If your program is a
676 subroutine library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking
677 proprietary applications with the library. If this is what you want to do,
679 License. But first, please read <a class="ulink" href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html" target="_top">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html</a>.
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