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                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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                     Version 1, February 1989
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 Copyright (C) 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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                    51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
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 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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                            Preamble
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You can use it for your programs, too.
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                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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   TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
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  1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source
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1 above, provided that you also do the following:
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    in the simplest and most usual way, to print or display an
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Mere aggregation of another independent work with the Program (or its
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  3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a portion or derivative of
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it, under Paragraph 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of
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REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
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WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
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REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
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INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
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OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
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TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY
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PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
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POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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                     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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        Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
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  If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
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possible use to humanity, the best way to achieve this is to make it
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free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these
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terms.
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  To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest to
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attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively convey
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the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the
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"copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
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    <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
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    Copyright (C) 19yy  <name of author>
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    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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    the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
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    any later version.
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    This program 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
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    GNU General Public License for more details.
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    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA  02110-1301 USA
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Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
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If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
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when it starts in an interactive mode:
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    Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19xx name of author
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    Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'show w'.
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    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
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    under certain conditions; type 'show c' for details.
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The hypothetical commands 'show w' and 'show c' should show the
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appropriate parts of the General Public License.  Of course, the
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commands you use may be called something other than 'show w' and 'show
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c'; they could even be mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your
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program.
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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 program, if
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necessary.  Here a sample; alter the names:
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  Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the
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  program 'Gnomovision' (a program to direct compilers to make passes
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  at assemblers) written by James Hacker.
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  <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
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  Ty Coon, President of Vice
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That's all there is to it!