1 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
4 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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61 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
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80 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
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106 interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an
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284 END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
287 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
289 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
290 possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
291 free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
293 To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
294 to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
295 convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
296 the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
298 <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
299 Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
301 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
302 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
303 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
304 (at your option) any later version.
306 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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316 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
318 If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
319 when it starts in an interactive mode:
321 Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
322 Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
323 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
324 under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
326 The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
327 parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may
328 be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
329 mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
331 You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
332 school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
333 necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
335 Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
336 `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
338 <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
339 Ty Coon, President of Vice
341 This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
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