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14. Revised Versions of this License.
The Free Software Foundation may publish
revised
and/or new versions of the GNU General
Public
License from time to time. Such new versions
will
be similar in spirit to the present version, but
may
differ in detail to address new problems or
concerns.
Each version is given a distinguishing version
numbe
r. If the Program specifi es that a certain
numbered
version of the GNU General Public
License
“or any later version” applies to it, you have
the
option of following the terms and conditions
either
of that numbered version or of any later
version
published by the Free Software Foundation.
If
the Program does not specify a version number
of
the GNU General Public License, you may choose
any
version ever published by the Free Software
F
oundation.
If the Program specifi es that a proxy can decide
which
future versions of the GNU General Public
License
can be used, that proxy’s public statement
of
acceptance of a version permanently authorizes
you to choose that version for the Prog
ram.
Later license versions may give you additional
or
different permissions. However, no additional
obligations
are imposed on any author or copyright
holder as a result of your choosing to follow a later
version.
15. Disclaimer of Warranty.
THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM,
TO
THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LA
W. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN
WRITING
THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR
OT
HER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM “AS
IS”
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRES
SED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT
NO
T LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PA
RTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS
TO
THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE
PROGRAM
IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM
PROVE
DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST
OF
ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR
CORRECTION.
16. Limitation of Liability.
IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE
LA
W OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY
COPYRIGHT
HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY
WHO
MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THE PROGRAM
A
S PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR
DAMAGES,
INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL,
INCIDENT
AL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
A
RISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE
THE
PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO
LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED
INACCURA
TE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR
THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM
TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS),
EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY
HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES.
17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation
of
liability provided above cannot be given local
legal
effect according to their terms, reviewing
courts
shall apply local law that most closely approximates
an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection
with the Program, unless a warranty or assumption
of liability accompanies a copy of the Program in
return for a fee.
END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
If you develop a new program, and you want it
to be of the greatest possible use to the public,
the
best way to achieve this is to make it free software
which everyone can redistribute and change
under
these terms.
To do so, attach the following notices to
the
program. It is safest to attach them to the start
of each source fi le to most effectively state
the
exclusion of warranty; and each fi le should have at
least the “copyright” line and a pointer to where
the
full notice is found.
<one line to give the program’s name and a
brief
idea of what it does.>
Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
This program is free software: you
can
redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
of
the GNU General Public License as published
by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3
of
the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it
will
be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULA
R PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the
GNU
General Public License along with this program. If
not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Also add information on how to contact you
by
electronic and paper mail.
If the program does terminal interaction, make
it output a short notice like this when it starts in an
interactive mode:
<program> Copyright (C) <year> <name
of
author>
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO
WARRANTY; for details type `show w’.
This is free software, and you are welcome to