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<a name="license.gpl"></a>1.The GNU General Public License</h1></div></div></div>
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GNUGENERALPUBLICLICENSE<br>
Version2,June1991<br>
<br>
Copyright(C)1989,1991FreeSoftwareFoundation,Inc.,<br>
51FranklinStreet,FifthFloor,Boston,MA02110-1301USA<br>
Everyoneispermittedtocopyanddistributeverbatimcopies<br>
ofthislicensedocument,butchangingitisnotallowed.<br>
<br>
Preamble<br>
<br>
Thelicensesformostsoftwarearedesignedtotakeawayyour<br>
freedomtoshareandchangeit.Bycontrast,theGNUGeneralPublic<br>
Licenseisintendedtoguaranteeyourfreedomtoshareandchangefree<br>
software--tomakesurethesoftwareisfreeforallitsusers.This<br>
GeneralPublicLicenseappliestomostoftheFreeSoftware<br>
Foundation'ssoftwareandtoanyotherprogramwhoseauthorscommitto<br>
usingit.(SomeotherFreeSoftwareFoundationsoftwareiscoveredby<br>
theGNULesserGeneralPublicLicenseinstead.)Youcanapplyitto<br>
yourprograms,too.<br>
<br>
Whenwespeakoffreesoftware,wearereferringtofreedom,not<br>
price.OurGeneralPublicLicensesaredesignedtomakesurethatyou<br>
havethefreedomtodistributecopiesoffreesoftware(andchargefor<br>
thisserviceifyouwish),thatyoureceivesourcecodeorcangetit<br>
ifyouwantit,thatyoucanchangethesoftwareorusepiecesofit<br>
innewfreeprograms;andthatyouknowyoucandothesethings.<br>
<br>
Toprotectyourrights,weneedtomakerestrictionsthatforbid<br>
anyonetodenyyoutheserightsortoaskyoutosurrendertherights.<br>
Theserestrictionstranslatetocertainresponsibilitiesforyouifyou<br>
distributecopiesofthesoftware,orifyoumodifyit.<br>
<br>
Forexample,ifyoudistributecopiesofsuchaprogram,whether<br>
gratisorforafee,youmustgivetherecipientsalltherightsthat<br>
youhave.Youmustmakesurethatthey,too,receiveorcangetthe<br>
sourcecode.Andyoumustshowthemthesetermssotheyknowtheir<br>
rights.<br>
<br>
Weprotectyourrightswithtwosteps:(1)copyrightthesoftware,and<br>
(2)offeryouthislicensewhichgivesyoulegalpermissiontocopy,<br>
distributeand/ormodifythesoftware.<br>
<br>
Also,foreachauthor'sprotectionandours,wewanttomakecertain<br>
thateveryoneunderstandsthatthereisnowarrantyforthisfree<br>
software.Ifthesoftwareismodifiedbysomeoneelseandpassedon,we<br>
wantitsrecipientstoknowthatwhattheyhaveisnottheoriginal,so<br>
thatanyproblemsintroducedbyotherswillnotreflectontheoriginal<br>
authors'reputations.<br>
<br>
Finally,anyfreeprogramisthreatenedconstantlybysoftware<br>
patents.Wewishtoavoidthedangerthatredistributorsofafree<br>
programwillindividuallyobtainpatentlicenses,ineffectmakingthe<br>
programproprietary.Topreventthis,wehavemadeitclearthatany<br>
patentmustbelicensedforeveryone'sfreeuseornotlicensedatall.<br>
<br>
Theprecisetermsandconditionsforcopying,distributionand<br>
modificationfollow.<br>
<br>
GNUGENERALPUBLICLICENSE<br>
TERMSANDCONDITIONSFORCOPYING,DISTRIBUTIONANDMODIFICATION<br>
<br>
0.ThisLicenseappliestoanyprogramorotherworkwhichcontains<br>
anoticeplacedbythecopyrightholdersayingitmaybedistributed<br>
underthetermsofthisGeneralPublicLicense.The"Program",below,<br>
referstoanysuchprogramorwork,anda"workbasedontheProgram"<br>
meanseithertheProgramoranyderivativeworkundercopyrightlaw:<br>
thatistosay,aworkcontainingtheProgramoraportionofit,<br>
eitherverbatimorwithmodificationsand/ortranslatedintoanother<br>
language.(Hereinafter,translationisincludedwithoutlimitationin<br>
theterm"modification".)Eachlicenseeisaddressedas"you".<br>
<br>
Activitiesotherthancopying,distributionandmodificationarenot<br>
coveredbythisLicense;theyareoutsideitsscope.Theactof<br>
runningtheProgramisnotrestricted,andtheoutputfromtheProgram<br>
iscoveredonlyifitscontentsconstituteaworkbasedonthe<br>
Program(independentofhavingbeenmadebyrunningtheProgram).<br>
WhetherthatistruedependsonwhattheProgramdoes.<br>
<br>
1.YoumaycopyanddistributeverbatimcopiesoftheProgram's<br>
sourcecodeasyoureceiveit,inanymedium,providedthatyou<br>
conspicuouslyandappropriatelypublishoneachcopyanappropriate<br>
copyrightnoticeanddisclaimerofwarranty;keepintactallthe<br>
noticesthatrefertothisLicenseandtotheabsenceofanywarranty;<br>
andgiveanyotherrecipientsoftheProgramacopyofthisLicense<br>
alongwiththeProgram.<br>
<br>
Youmaychargeafeeforthephysicalactoftransferringacopy,and<br>
youmayatyouroptionofferwarrantyprotectioninexchangeforafee.<br>
<br>
2.YoumaymodifyyourcopyorcopiesoftheProgramoranyportion<br>
ofit,thusformingaworkbasedontheProgram,andcopyand<br>
distributesuchmodificationsorworkunderthetermsofSection1<br>
above,providedthatyoualsomeetalloftheseconditions:<br>
<br>
a)Youmustcausethemodifiedfilestocarryprominentnotices<br>
statingthatyouchangedthefilesandthedateofanychange.<br>
<br>
b)Youmustcauseanyworkthatyoudistributeorpublish,thatin<br>
wholeorinpartcontainsorisderivedfromtheProgramorany<br>
partthereof,tobelicensedasawholeatnochargetoallthird<br>
partiesunderthetermsofthisLicense.<br>
<br>
c)Ifthemodifiedprogramnormallyreadscommandsinteractively<br>
whenrun,youmustcauseit,whenstartedrunningforsuch<br>
interactiveuseinthemostordinaryway,toprintordisplayan<br>
announcementincludinganappropriatecopyrightnoticeanda<br>
noticethatthereisnowarranty(orelse,sayingthatyouprovide<br>
awarranty)andthatusersmayredistributetheprogramunder<br>
theseconditions,andtellingtheuserhowtoviewacopyofthis<br>
License.(Exception:iftheProgramitselfisinteractivebut<br>
doesnotnormallyprintsuchanannouncement,yourworkbasedon<br>
theProgramisnotrequiredtoprintanannouncement.)<br>
<br>
Theserequirementsapplytothemodifiedworkasawhole.If<br>
identifiablesectionsofthatworkarenotderivedfromtheProgram,<br>
andcanbereasonablyconsideredindependentandseparateworksin<br>
themselves,thenthisLicense,anditsterms,donotapplytothose<br>
sectionswhenyoudistributethemasseparateworks.Butwhenyou<br>
distributethesamesectionsaspartofawholewhichisaworkbased<br>
ontheProgram,thedistributionofthewholemustbeonthetermsof<br>
thisLicense,whosepermissionsforotherlicenseesextendtothe<br>
entirewhole,andthustoeachandeverypartregardlessofwhowroteit.<br>
<br>
Thus,itisnottheintentofthissectiontoclaimrightsorcontest<br>
yourrightstoworkwrittenentirelybyyou;rather,theintentisto<br>
exercisetherighttocontrolthedistributionofderivativeor<br>
collectiveworksbasedontheProgram.<br>
<br>
Inaddition,mereaggregationofanotherworknotbasedontheProgram<br>
withtheProgram(orwithaworkbasedontheProgram)onavolumeof<br>
astorageordistributionmediumdoesnotbringtheotherworkunder<br>
thescopeofthisLicense.<br>
<br>
3.YoumaycopyanddistributetheProgram(oraworkbasedonit,<br>
underSection2)inobjectcodeorexecutableformunderthetermsof<br>
Sections1and2aboveprovidedthatyoualsodooneofthefollowing:<br>
<br>
a)Accompanyitwiththecompletecorrespondingmachine-readable<br>
sourcecode,whichmustbedistributedunderthetermsofSections<br>
1and2aboveonamediumcustomarilyusedforsoftwareinterchange;or,<br>
<br>
b)Accompanyitwithawrittenoffer,validforatleastthree<br>
years,togiveanythirdparty,forachargenomorethanyour<br>
costofphysicallyperformingsourcedistribution,acomplete<br>
machine-readablecopyofthecorrespondingsourcecode,tobe<br>
distributedunderthetermsofSections1and2aboveonamedium<br>
customarilyusedforsoftwareinterchange;or,<br>
<br>
c)Accompanyitwiththeinformationyoureceivedastotheoffer<br>
todistributecorrespondingsourcecode.(Thisalternativeis<br>
allowedonlyfornoncommercialdistributionandonlyifyou<br>
receivedtheprograminobjectcodeorexecutableformwithsuch<br>
anoffer,inaccordwithSubsectionbabove.)<br>
<br>
Thesourcecodeforaworkmeansthepreferredformoftheworkfor<br>
makingmodificationstoit.Foranexecutablework,completesource<br>
codemeansallthesourcecodeforallmodulesitcontains,plusany<br>
associatedinterfacedefinitionfiles,plusthescriptsusedto<br>
controlcompilationandinstallationoftheexecutable.However,asa<br>
specialexception,thesourcecodedistributedneednotinclude<br>
anythingthatisnormallydistributed(ineithersourceorbinary<br>
form)withthemajorcomponents(compiler,kernel,andsoon)ofthe<br>
operatingsystemonwhichtheexecutableruns,unlessthatcomponent<br>
itselfaccompaniestheexecutable.<br>
<br>
Ifdistributionofexecutableorobjectcodeismadebyoffering<br>
accesstocopyfromadesignatedplace,thenofferingequivalent<br>
accesstocopythesourcecodefromthesameplacecountsas<br>
distributionofthesourcecode,eventhoughthirdpartiesarenot<br>
compelledtocopythesourcealongwiththeobjectcode.<br>
<br>
4.Youmaynotcopy,modify,sublicense,ordistributetheProgram<br>
exceptasexpresslyprovidedunderthisLicense.Anyattempt<br>
otherwisetocopy,modify,sublicenseordistributetheProgramis<br>
void,andwillautomaticallyterminateyourrightsunderthisLicense.<br>
However,partieswhohavereceivedcopies,orrights,fromyouunder<br>
thisLicensewillnothavetheirlicensesterminatedsolongassuch<br>
partiesremaininfullcompliance.<br>
<br>
5.YouarenotrequiredtoacceptthisLicense,sinceyouhavenot<br>
signedit.However,nothingelsegrantsyoupermissiontomodifyor<br>
distributetheProgramoritsderivativeworks.Theseactionsare<br>
prohibitedbylawifyoudonotacceptthisLicense.Therefore,by<br>
modifyingordistributingtheProgram(oranyworkbasedonthe<br>
Program),youindicateyouracceptanceofthisLicensetodoso,and<br>
allitstermsandconditionsforcopying,distributingormodifying<br>
theProgramorworksbasedonit.<br>
<br>
6.EachtimeyouredistributetheProgram(oranyworkbasedonthe<br>
Program),therecipientautomaticallyreceivesalicensefromthe<br>
originallicensortocopy,distributeormodifytheProgramsubjectto<br>
thesetermsandconditions.Youmaynotimposeanyfurther<br>
restrictionsontherecipients'exerciseoftherightsgrantedherein.<br>
Youarenotresponsibleforenforcingcompliancebythirdpartiesto<br>
thisLicense.<br>
<br>
7.If,asaconsequenceofacourtjudgmentorallegationofpatent<br>
infringementorforanyotherreason(notlimitedtopatentissues),<br>
conditionsareimposedonyou(whetherbycourtorder,agreementor<br>
otherwise)thatcontradicttheconditionsofthisLicense,theydonot<br>
excuseyoufromtheconditionsofthisLicense.Ifyoucannot<br>
distributesoastosatisfysimultaneouslyyourobligationsunderthis<br>
Licenseandanyotherpertinentobligations,thenasaconsequenceyou<br>
maynotdistributetheProgramatall.Forexample,ifapatent<br>
licensewouldnotpermitroyalty-freeredistributionoftheProgramby<br>
allthosewhoreceivecopiesdirectlyorindirectlythroughyou,then<br>
theonlywayyoucouldsatisfybothitandthisLicensewouldbeto<br>
refrainentirelyfromdistributionoftheProgram.<br>
<br>
Ifanyportionofthissectionisheldinvalidorunenforceableunder<br>
anyparticularcircumstance,thebalanceofthesectionisintendedto<br>
applyandthesectionasawholeisintendedtoapplyinother<br>
circumstances.<br>
<br>
Itisnotthepurposeofthissectiontoinduceyoutoinfringeany<br>
patentsorotherpropertyrightclaimsortocontestvalidityofany<br>
suchclaims;thissectionhasthesolepurposeofprotectingthe<br>
integrityofthefreesoftwaredistributionsystem,whichis<br>
implementedbypubliclicensepractices.Manypeoplehavemade<br>
generouscontributionstothewiderangeofsoftwaredistributed<br>
throughthatsysteminrelianceonconsistentapplicationofthat<br>
system;itisuptotheauthor/donortodecideifheorsheiswilling<br>
todistributesoftwarethroughanyothersystemandalicenseecannot<br>
imposethatchoice.<br>
<br>
Thissectionisintendedtomakethoroughlyclearwhatisbelievedto<br>
beaconsequenceoftherestofthisLicense.<br>
<br>
8.Ifthedistributionand/oruseoftheProgramisrestrictedin<br>
certaincountrieseitherbypatentsorbycopyrightedinterfaces,the<br>
originalcopyrightholderwhoplacestheProgramunderthisLicense<br>
mayaddanexplicitgeographicaldistributionlimitationexcluding<br>
thosecountries,sothatdistributionispermittedonlyinoramong<br>
countriesnotthusexcluded.Insuchcase,thisLicenseincorporates<br>
thelimitationasifwritteninthebodyofthisLicense.<br>
<br>
9.TheFreeSoftwareFoundationmaypublishrevisedand/ornewversions<br>
oftheGeneralPublicLicensefromtimetotime.Suchnewversionswill<br>
besimilarinspirittothepresentversion,butmaydifferindetailto<br>
addressnewproblemsorconcerns.<br>
<br>
Eachversionisgivenadistinguishingversionnumber.IftheProgram<br>
specifiesaversionnumberofthisLicensewhichappliestoitand"any<br>
laterversion",youhavetheoptionoffollowingthetermsandconditions<br>
eitherofthatversionorofanylaterversionpublishedbytheFree<br>
SoftwareFoundation.IftheProgramdoesnotspecifyaversionnumberof<br>
thisLicense,youmaychooseanyversioneverpublishedbytheFreeSoftware<br>
Foundation.<br>
<br>
10.IfyouwishtoincorporatepartsoftheProgramintootherfree<br>
programswhosedistributionconditionsaredifferent,writetotheauthor<br>
toaskforpermission.ForsoftwarewhichiscopyrightedbytheFree<br>
SoftwareFoundation,writetotheFreeSoftwareFoundation;wesometimes<br>
makeexceptionsforthis.Ourdecisionwillbeguidedbythetwogoals<br>
ofpreservingthefreestatusofallderivativesofourfreesoftwareand<br>
ofpromotingthesharingandreuseofsoftwaregenerally.<br>
<br>
NOWARRANTY<br>
<br>
11.BECAUSETHEPROGRAMISLICENSEDFREEOFCHARGE,THEREISNOWARRANTY<br>
FORTHEPROGRAM,TOTHEEXTENTPERMITTEDBYAPPLICABLELAW.EXCEPTWHEN<br>
OTHERWISESTATEDINWRITINGTHECOPYRIGHTHOLDERSAND/OROTHERPARTIES<br>
PROVIDETHEPROGRAM"ASIS"WITHOUTWARRANTYOFANYKIND,EITHEREXPRESSED<br>
ORIMPLIED,INCLUDING,BUTNOTLIMITEDTO,THEIMPLIEDWARRANTIESOF<br>
MERCHANTABILITYANDFITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE.THEENTIRERISKAS<br>
TOTHEQUALITYANDPERFORMANCEOFTHEPROGRAMISWITHYOU.SHOULDTHE<br>
PROGRAMPROVEDEFECTIVE,YOUASSUMETHECOSTOFALLNECESSARYSERVICING,<br>
REPAIRORCORRECTION.<br>
<br>
12.INNOEVENTUNLESSREQUIREDBYAPPLICABLELAWORAGREEDTOINWRITING<br>
WILLANYCOPYRIGHTHOLDER,ORANYOTHERPARTYWHOMAYMODIFYAND/OR<br>
REDISTRIBUTETHEPROGRAMASPERMITTEDABOVE,BELIABLETOYOUFORDAMAGES,<br>
INCLUDINGANYGENERAL,SPECIAL,INCIDENTALORCONSEQUENTIALDAMAGESARISING<br>
OUTOFTHEUSEORINABILITYTOUSETHEPROGRAM(INCLUDINGBUTNOTLIMITED<br>
TOLOSSOFDATAORDATABEINGRENDEREDINACCURATEORLOSSESSUSTAINEDBY<br>
YOUORTHIRDPARTIESORAFAILUREOFTHEPROGRAMTOOPERATEWITHANYOTHER<br>
PROGRAMS),EVENIFSUCHHOLDEROROTHERPARTYHASBEENADVISEDOFTHE<br>
POSSIBILITYOFSUCHDAMAGES.<br>
<br>
ENDOFTERMSANDCONDITIONS<br>
<br>
HowtoApplyTheseTermstoYourNewPrograms<br>
<br>
Ifyoudevelopanewprogram,andyouwantittobeofthegreatest<br>
possibleusetothepublic,thebestwaytoachievethisistomakeit<br>
freesoftwarewhicheveryonecanredistributeandchangeundertheseterms.<br>
<br>
Todoso,attachthefollowingnoticestotheprogram.Itissafest<br>
toattachthemtothestartofeachsourcefiletomosteffectively<br>
conveytheexclusionofwarranty;andeachfileshouldhaveatleast<br>
the"copyright"lineandapointertowherethefullnoticeisfound.<br>
<br>
<onelinetogivetheprogram'snameandabriefideaofwhatitdoes.><br>
Copyright(C)<year><nameofauthor><br>
<br>
Thisprogramisfreesoftware;youcanredistributeitand/ormodify<br>
itunderthetermsoftheGNUGeneralPublicLicenseaspublishedby<br>
theFreeSoftwareFoundation;eitherversion2oftheLicense,or<br>
(atyouroption)anylaterversion.<br>
<br>
Thisprogramisdistributedinthehopethatitwillbeuseful,<br>
butWITHOUTANYWARRANTY;withouteventheimpliedwarrantyof<br>
MERCHANTABILITYorFITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE.Seethe<br>
GNUGeneralPublicLicenseformoredetails.<br>
<br>
YoushouldhavereceivedacopyoftheGNUGeneralPublicLicensealong<br>
withthisprogram;ifnot,writetotheFreeSoftwareFoundation,Inc.,<br>
51FranklinStreet,FifthFloor,Boston,MA02110-1301USA.<br>
<br>
Alsoaddinformationonhowtocontactyoubyelectronicandpapermail.<br>
<br>
Iftheprogramisinteractive,makeitoutputashortnoticelikethis<br>
whenitstartsinaninteractivemode:<br>
<br>
Gnomovisionversion69,Copyright(C)yearnameofauthor<br>
GnomovisioncomeswithABSOLUTELYNOWARRANTY;fordetailstype`showw'.<br>
Thisisfreesoftware,andyouarewelcometoredistributeit<br>
undercertainconditions;type`showc'fordetails.<br>
<br>
Thehypotheticalcommands`showw'and`showc'shouldshowtheappropriate<br>
partsoftheGeneralPublicLicense.Ofcourse,thecommandsyouusemay<br>
becalledsomethingotherthan`showw'and`showc';theycouldevenbe<br>
mouse-clicksormenuitems--whateversuitsyourprogram.<br>
<br>
Youshouldalsogetyouremployer(ifyouworkasaprogrammer)oryour<br>
school,ifany,tosigna"copyrightdisclaimer"fortheprogram,if<br>
necessary.Hereisasample;alterthenames:<br>
<br>
Yoyodyne,Inc.,herebydisclaimsallcopyrightinterestintheprogram<br>
`Gnomovision'(whichmakespassesatcompilers)writtenbyJamesHacker.<br>
<br>
<signatureofTyCoon>,1April1989<br>
TyCoon,PresidentofVice<br>
<br>
ThisGeneralPublicLicensedoesnotpermitincorporatingyourprograminto<br>
proprietaryprograms.Ifyourprogramisasubroutinelibrary,youmay<br>
consideritmoreusefultopermitlinkingproprietaryapplicationswiththe<br>
library.Ifthisiswhatyouwanttodo,usetheGNULesserGeneral<br>
PublicLicenseinsteadofthisLicense.<br>
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