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4680 | right-hear | 1 | GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE |
2 | Version 3, 29 June 2007 |
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4 | Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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5 | Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies |
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6 | of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. |
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8 | Preamble |
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10 | The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for |
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11 | software and other kinds of works. |
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13 | The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed |
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14 | to take away your freedom to share and change the works. By contrast, |
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15 | the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to |
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16 | share and change all versions of a program--to make sure it remains free |
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17 | software for all its users. We, the Free Software Foundation, use the |
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18 | GNU General Public License for most of our software; it applies also to |
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19 | any other work released this way by its authors. You can apply it to |
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20 | your programs, too. |
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22 | When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not |
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23 | price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you |
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24 | have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for |
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25 | them if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you |
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26 | want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new |
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27 | free programs, and that you know you can do these things. |
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29 | To protect your rights, we need to prevent others from denying you |
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30 | these rights or asking you to surrender the rights. Therefore, you have |
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31 | certain responsibilities if you distribute copies of the software, or if |
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32 | you modify it: responsibilities to respect the freedom of others. |
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35 | gratis or for a fee, you must pass on to the recipients the same |
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37 | or can get the source code. And you must show them these terms so they |
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40 | Developers that use the GNU GPL protect your rights with two steps: |
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41 | (1) assert copyright on the software, and (2) offer you this License |
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42 | giving you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify it. |
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44 | For the developers' and authors' protection, the GPL clearly explains |
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45 | that there is no warranty for this free software. For both users' and |
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46 | authors' sake, the GPL requires that modified versions be marked as |
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47 | changed, so that their problems will not be attributed erroneously to |
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48 | authors of previous versions. |
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51 | modified versions of the software inside them, although the manufacturer |
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55 | use, which is precisely where it is most unacceptable. Therefore, we |
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56 | have designed this version of the GPL to prohibit the practice for those |
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59 | of the GPL, as needed to protect the freedom of users. |
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64 | avoid the special danger that patents applied to a free program could |
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65 | make it effectively proprietary. To prevent this, the GPL assures that |
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66 | patents cannot be used to render the program non-free. |
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68 | The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and |
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69 | modification follow. |
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71 | TERMS AND CONDITIONS |
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73 | 0. Definitions. |
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75 | "This License" refers to version 3 of the GNU General Public License. |
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77 | "Copyright" also means copyright-like laws that apply to other kinds of |
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78 | works, such as semiconductor masks. |
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94 | infringement under applicable copyright law, except executing it on a |
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143 | linked subprograms that the work is specifically designed to require, |
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148 | can regenerate automatically from other parts of the Corresponding |
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149 | Source. |
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151 | The Corresponding Source for a work in source code form is that |
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152 | same work. |
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154 | 2. Basic Permissions. |
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156 | All rights granted under this License are granted for the term of |
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157 | copyright on the Program, and are irrevocable provided the stated |
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158 | conditions are met. This License explicitly affirms your unlimited |
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159 | permission to run the unmodified Program. The output from running a |
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160 | covered work is covered by this License only if the output, given its |
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162 | rights of fair use or other equivalent, as provided by copyright law. |
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164 | You may make, run and propagate covered works that you do not |
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166 | in force. You may convey covered works to others for the sole purpose |
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168 | with facilities for running those works, provided that you comply with |
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169 | the terms of this License in conveying all material for which you do |
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173 | your copyrighted material outside their relationship with you. |
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175 | Conveying under any other circumstances is permitted solely under |
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176 | the conditions stated below. Sublicensing is not allowed; section 10 |
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177 | makes it unnecessary. |
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179 | 3. Protecting Users' Legal Rights From Anti-Circumvention Law. |
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181 | No covered work shall be deemed part of an effective technological |
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188 | circumvention of technological measures to the extent such circumvention |
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191 | modification of the work as a means of enforcing, against the work's |
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195 | 4. Conveying Verbatim Copies. |
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198 | receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and |
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200 | keep intact all notices stating that this License and any |
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206 | and you may offer support or warranty protection for a fee. |
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223 | License to anyone who comes into possession of a copy. This |
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230 | d) If the work has interactive user interfaces, each must display |
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231 | Appropriate Legal Notices; however, if the Program has interactive |
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233 | work need not make them do so. |
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238 | in or on a volume of a storage or distribution medium, is called an |
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240 | used to limit the access or legal rights of the compilation's users |
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241 | beyond what the individual works permit. Inclusion of a covered work |
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242 | in an aggregate does not cause this License to apply to the other |
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243 | parts of the aggregate. |
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245 | 6. Conveying Non-Source Forms. |
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