User's Manual

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Finally,anyfreeprogramisthreatenedconstantlybysoftware
patents.Wewishtoavoidthedangerthatredistributorsofafree
programwillindividuallyobtainpatentlicenses,ineectmaking
the program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear
thatanypatentmustbelicensedforeveryone’sfreeuseornot
licensed at all.
Theprecisetermsandconditionsforcopying,distributionand
modication follow.
Terms & conditions for copying, distribution, & modication
0. This License applies to any program or other work which
containsanoticeplacedbythecopyrightholdersayingitmay
bedistributedunderthetermsofthisGeneralPublicLicense.
The“Program”,below,referstoanysuchprogramorwork,and
a“workbasedontheProgram”meanseithertheProgramor
any derivative work under copyright law: that is to say, a work
containingtheProgramoraportionofit,eitherverbatimor
with modications and/or translated into another language.
(Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in the
term “modication”.) Each licensee is addressed as “you”.
 Activitiesotherthancopying,distributionandmodicationare
notcoveredbythisLicense;theyareoutsideitsscope.Theact
of running the Program is not restricted, and the output from
the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work
basedontheProgram(independentofhavingbeenmadeby
running the Program). Whether that is true depends on what
the Program does.
1.YoumaycopyanddistributeverbatimcopiesoftheProgram’s
source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that
youconspicuouslyandappropriatelypublishoneachcopy
an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty;
keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the
absenceofanywarranty;andgiveanyotherrecipientsofthe
Program a copy of this License along with the Program.