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 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.
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.