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597 THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH
598 YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL
599 NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
601 16. Limitation of Liability.
602 </h2><p>
603 IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL
604 ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THE
605 PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
606 GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE
607 OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA
608 OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD
609 PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS),
610 EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
611 SUCH DAMAGES.
614 </h2><p>
615 If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided above
616 cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms, reviewing
617 courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates an absolute
618 waiver of all civil liability in connection with the Program, unless a
619 warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a copy of the Program in
620 return for a fee.
622 END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
624 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
625 </h2><p>
626 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest possible
627 use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it free software
628 which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
629 </p><p>
630 To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to
631 attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively state the
632 exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the
633 “copyright” line and a pointer to where the full notice is
634 found.
636 <em class="replaceable"><code>one line to give the program’s name and a brief idea of what it does.</code></em>
637 Copyright (C) <em class="replaceable"><code>year</code></em> <em class="replaceable"><code>name of author</code></em>
639 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
640 it under the terms of the <acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym> General Public License as published by
641 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
642 (at your option) any later version.
644 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
645 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
646 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
649 You should have received a copy of the <acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym> General Public License
650 along with this program. If not, see <a class="link" href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/" target="_top">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/</a>.
651 </pre><p>
652 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
653 </p><p>
654 If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short notice like
655 this when it starts in an interactive mode:
657 <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>
658 This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type ‘<code class="literal">show w</code>’.
659 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
661 </pre><p>
664 the General Public License. Of course, your program’s commands might be
665 different; for a GUI interface, you would use an “about box”.
666 </p><p>
667 You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
668 if any, to sign a “copyright disclaimer” for the program, if
669 necessary. For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the
671 <a class="link" href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/" target="_top">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/</a>.
672 </p><p>
674 incorporating your program into proprietary programs. If your program is a
675 subroutine library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking
676 proprietary applications with the library. If this is what you want to do,
678 License. But first, please read <a class="link" 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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