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542	parties who would receive the covered work from you, a discriminatory
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548
549	<p>Nothing in this License shall be construed as excluding or limiting
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551	otherwise be available to you under applicable patent law.</p>
552
553	<h4><a name="section12"></a>12. No Surrender of Others' Freedom.</h4>
554
555	<p>If conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
556	otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not
557	excuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot convey a
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561	to collect a royalty for further conveying from those to whom you convey
562	the Program, the only way you could satisfy both those terms and this
563	License would be to refrain entirely from conveying the Program.</p>
564
565	<h4><a name="section13"></a>13. Use with the GNU Affero General Public License.</h4>
566
567	<p>Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, you have
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572	but the special requirements of the GNU Affero General Public License,
573	section 13, concerning interaction through a network will apply to the
574	combination as such.</p>
575
576	<h4><a name="section14"></a>14. Revised Versions of this License.</h4>
577
578	<p>The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of
579	the GNU General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will
580	be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to
581	address new problems or concerns.</p>
582
583	<p>Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the
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585	Public License “or any later version” applies to it, you have the
586	option of following the terms and conditions either of that numbered
587	version or of any later version published by the Free Software
588	Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of the
589	GNU General Public License, you may choose any version ever published
590	by the Free Software Foundation.</p>
591
592	<p>If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future
593	versions of the GNU General Public License can be used, that proxy's
594	public statement of acceptance of a version permanently authorizes you
595	to choose that version for the Program.</p>
596
597	<p>Later license versions may give you additional or different
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599	author or copyright holder as a result of your choosing to follow a
600	later version.</p>
601
602	<h4><a name="section15"></a>15. Disclaimer of Warranty.</h4>
603
604	<p>THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
605	APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
606	HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY
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608	THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
609	PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM
610	IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF
611	ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.</p>
612
613	<h4><a name="section16"></a>16. Limitation of Liability.</h4>
614
615	<p>IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
616	WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS
617	THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
618	GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE
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620	DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD
621	PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS),
622	EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
623	SUCH DAMAGES.</p>
624
625	<h4><a name="section17"></a>17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.</h4>
626
627	<p>If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
628	above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
629	reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates
630	an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
631	Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a
632	copy of the Program in return for a fee.</p>
633
634	<p>END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS</p>
635
636	<h3><a name="howto"></a>How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs</h3>
637
638	<p>If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
639	possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
640	free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.</p>
641
642	<p>To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
643	to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
644	state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
645	the “copyright” line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.</p>
646
647	<pre> <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
648	Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
649
650	This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
651	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
652	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
653	(at your option) any later version.
654
655	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
656	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
657	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
658	GNU General Public License for more details.
659
660	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
661	along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
662	</pre>
663
664	<p>Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.</p>
665
666	<p>If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short
667	notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:</p>
668
669	<pre> <program> Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
670	This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
671	This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
672	under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
673	</pre>
674
675	<p>The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
676	parts of the General Public License. Of course, your program's commands
677	might be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an “about box”.</p>
678
679	<p>You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
680	if any, to sign a “copyright disclaimer” for the program, if necessary.
681	For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
682	<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.</p>
683
684	<p>The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program
685	into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you
686	may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
687	the library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
688	Public License instead of this License. But first, please read
689	<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html>.</p>
690
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