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Library into other free programs whose
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For software which is copyrighted by the Free
Software Foundation, write to the Free
Software Foundation; we sometimes make
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by the two goals of preserving the free status of
all derivatives of our free software and of
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END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
How to Apply These Terms to Your New
Libraries
If you develop a new library, and you want it to
be of the greatest possible use to the public, we
recommend making it free software that
everyone can redistribute and change. You can
do so by permitting redistribution under these
terms (or, alternatively, under the terms of the
ordinary General Public License).
To apply these terms, attach the following
notices to the library. It is safest to attach them
to the start of each source file to most
effectively convey the exclusion of warranty;
and each file should have at least the “copy-
right” line and a pointer to where the full notice
is found.
<one line to give the library’s name and a brief
idea of what it does.>
Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
This library is free software; you can redistrib-
ute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
GNU Lesser General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation;
either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it
will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser
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You should have received a copy of the GNU
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library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
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Also add information on how to contact you by
electronic and paper mail.
You should also get your employer (if you work
as a programmer) or your school, if any, to sign
a “copyright disclaimer” for the library, if
necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright
interest in the library ‘Frob’ (a library for
tweaking knobs) written by James Random
Hacker. <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1990
Ty Coon, President of Vice