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Public License from time to time. Such new versions
will be similar in spirit to the present version, but
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concerns.
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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
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any version ever published by the Free Software
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version.
15. Disclaimer of Warranty.
THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM,
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN
WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR
OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM “AS
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NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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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.
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IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY
APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL
ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY
WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THE PROGRAM
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INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE
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TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED
INACCURATE 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
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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 PARTICULAR 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
redistribute it under certain conditions; type `show
c’ for details.
The hypothetical commands `show w’ and `show
c’ should show the appropriate parts of the
