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Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Library
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the Free Software Foundation. If the Library does not specify a license
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version number, you may choose any version ever published by the Free
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Software Foundation.
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If you wish to incorporate parts of the Library into other free programs
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whose distribution conditions are incompatible with these, write to the
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author to ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by the
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Free Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we
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sometimes make exceptions for this. Our decision will be guided by the
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two goals of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free
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software and of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
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@center NO WARRANTY
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BECAUSE THE LIBRARY IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR
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ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE LIBRARY IS WITH
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YOU. SHOULD THE LIBRARY PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL
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NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
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@item
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IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
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WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
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REDISTRIBUTE THE LIBRARY AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR
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DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE LIBRARY
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INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF
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THE LIBRARY TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR
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OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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@center END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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@page
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@center How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries
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If you develop a new library, and you want it to be of the greatest
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possible use to the public, we recommend making it free software that
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everyone can redistribute and change. You can do so by permitting
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redistribution under these terms (or, alternatively, under the terms of
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the ordinary General Public License).
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To apply these terms, attach the following notices to the library. It
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is safest to attach them to the start of each source file to most
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effectively convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have
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at least the ``copyright'' line and a pointer to where the full notice is
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found.
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@t{
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<one line to give the library's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
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Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
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This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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Lesser General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
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Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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}
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@end format
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Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
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You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
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school, if any, to sign a ``copyright disclaimer'' for the library, if
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necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
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@format
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@t{
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Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the
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library `Frob' (a library for tweaking knobs) written by James Random Hacker.
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<signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1990
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Ty Coon, President of Vice
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}
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@end format
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That's all there is to it!
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@c @bye
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