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continue to apply to the part which is the covered work, but the special
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requirements of the <acronym>GNU</acronym> Affero General Public License,
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section 13, concerning interaction through a network will apply to the
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14. Revised Versions of this License.
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The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the
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<acronym>GNU</acronym> General Public License from time to time. Such new
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versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in
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detail to address new problems or concerns.
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Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program
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specifies that a certain numbered version of the <acronym>GNU</acronym>
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General Public License “or any later version” applies to it, you
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have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that
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numbered version or of any later version published by the Free Software
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Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of the
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<acronym>GNU</acronym> General Public License, you may choose any version
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ever published by the Free Software Foundation.
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If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future versions of
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the <acronym>GNU</acronym> General Public License can be used, that
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proxy’s public statement of acceptance of a version permanently
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authorizes you to choose that version for the Program.
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Later license versions may give you additional or different permissions.
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However, no additional obligations are imposed on any author or copyright
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holder as a result of your choosing to follow a later version.
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15. Disclaimer of Warranty.
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THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
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LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR
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OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
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ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH
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YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL
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NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
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16. Limitation of Liability.
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IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL
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ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THE
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PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
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GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE
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OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA
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OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD
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PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS),
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EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
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If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided above
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cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms, reviewing
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courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates an absolute
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waiver of all civil liability in connection with the Program, unless a
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warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a copy of the Program in
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How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
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If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest possible
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use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it free software
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which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
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To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to
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attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively state the
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exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the
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“copyright” line and a pointer to where the full notice is
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<replaceable>one line to give the program’s name and a brief idea of what it does.</replaceable>
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Copyright (C) <replaceable>year</replaceable> <replaceable>name of author</replaceable>
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This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the <acronym>GNU</acronym> General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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<acronym>GNU</acronym> General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the <acronym>GNU</acronym> General Public License
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along with this program. If not, see <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/</ulink>.
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Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
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If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short notice like
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this when it starts in an interactive mode:
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<replaceable>program</replaceable> Copyright (C) <replaceable>year</replaceable> <replaceable>name of author</replaceable>
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This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type ‘<literal>show w</literal>’.
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This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
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under certain conditions; type ‘<literal>show c</literal>’ for details.
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The hypothetical commands ‘<literal>show w</literal>’ and
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‘<literal>show c</literal>’ should show the appropriate parts of
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the General Public License. Of course, your program’s commands might be
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different; for a GUI interface, you would use an “about box”.
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You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
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if any, to sign a “copyright disclaimer” for the program, if
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necessary. For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the
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<acronym>GNU</acronym> <acronym>GPL</acronym>, see <ulink
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url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/</ulink>.
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The <acronym>GNU</acronym> General Public License does not permit
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incorporating your program into proprietary programs. If your program is a
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subroutine library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking
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proprietary applications with the library. If this is what you want to do,
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use the <acronym>GNU</acronym> Lesser General Public License instead of this
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License. But first, please read <ulink
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url="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html</ulink>.