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 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.
9. TheFreeSoftwareFoundationmaypublishrevisedand/ornew
versionsoftheGeneralPublicLicensefromtimetotime.Such
new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but
maydierindetailtoaddressnewproblemsorconcerns.
 Eachversionisgivenadistinguishingversionnumber.Ifthe
ProgramspeciesaversionnumberofthisLicensewhichapplies
toitand“anylaterversion”,youhavetheoptionoffollowingthe
termsandconditionseitherofthatversionorofanylaterversion
publishedbytheFreeSoftwareFoundation.IftheProgramdoes
notspecifyaversionnumberofthisLicense,youmaychoose
anyversioneverpublishedbytheFreeSoftwareFoundation.
10.IfyouwishtoincorporatepartsoftheProgramintootherfree
programs whose distribution conditions are dierent, write to
theauthortoaskforpermission.
 ForsoftwarewhichiscopyrightedbytheFreeSoftware
Foundation,writetotheFreeSoftwareFoundation;we
sometimesmakeexceptionsforthis.Ourdecisionwillbeguided
bythetwogoalsofpreservingthefreestatusofallderivatives
ofourfreesoftwareandofpromotingthesharingandreuseof
softwaregenerally.