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piecesofitinnewfreeprograms;andthatyouknowyoucando
these things.
Toprotectyourrights,weneedtomakerestrictionsthatforbid
anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the
rights.Theserestrictionstranslatetocertainresponsibilitiesfor
youifyoudistributecopiesofthesoftware,orifyoumodifyit.
Forexample,ifyoudistributecopiesofsuchaprogram,whether
gratisorforafee,youmustgivetherecipientsalltherightsthat
you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get
the source code. And you must show them these terms so they
know their rights.
Weprotectyourrightswithtwosteps:(1)copyrightthesoftware,
and (2) oer you this license which gives you legal permission to
copy,distributeand/ormodifythesoftware.
Also,foreachauthor’sprotectionandours,wewanttomake
certainthateveryoneunderstandsthatthereisnowarrantyfor
thisfreesoftware.Ifthesoftwareismodiedbysomeoneelseand
passed on, we want its recipients to know that what they have is
not the original, so that any problems introduced by others will
notreectontheoriginalauthors’reputations.
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