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patentissues),conditionsareimposedonyou(whetherby
court order, agreement or otherwise) that contradict the
conditionsofthisLicense,theydonotexcuseyoufromthe
conditionsofthisLicense.Ifyoucannotdistributesoasto
satisfysimultaneouslyyourobligationsunderthisLicenseand
anyotherpertinentobligations,thenasaconsequenceyou
maynotdistributetheProgramatall.Forexample,ifapatent
licensewouldnotpermitroyalty-freeredistributionofthe
Programbyallthosewhoreceivecopiesdirectlyorindirectly
throughyou,thentheonlywayyoucouldsatisfybothitand
thisLicensewouldbetorefrainentirelyfromdistributionof
the Program.
Ifanyportionofthissectionisheldinvalidorunenforceable
underanyparticularcircumstance,thebalanceofthesection
is intended to apply and the section as a whole is intended to
apply in other circumstances.
It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe
any patents or other property right claims or to contest
validity of any such claims; this section has the sole purpose
ofprotectingtheintegrityofthefreesoftwaredistribution
system,whichisimplementedbypubliclicensepractices.
Manypeoplehavemadegenerouscontributionstothewide
rangeofsoftwaredistributedthroughthatsysteminreliance
on consistent application of that system; it is up to the author/
donortodecideifheorsheiswillingtodistributesoftware
through any other system and a licensee cannot impose that
choice.
This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is
believedtobeaconsequenceoftherestofthisLicense.
8. Ifthedistributionand/oruseoftheProgramisrestricted
incertaincountrieseitherbypatentsorbycopyrighted
interfaces, the original copyright holder who places the
ProgramunderthisLicensemayaddanexplicitgeographical
distributionlimitationexcludingthosecountries,sothat
distributionispermittedonlyinoramongcountriesnotthus
excluded.Insuchcase,thisLicenseincorporatesthelimitation
asifwritteninthebodyofthisLicense.