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Also, for each author‘s protection and ours, we want to make certain
that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free
software. If the software is modified by someone else and passed
on, we want its recipients to know that what they have is not the
original, so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect
on the original authors‘ reputations.
Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software pa-
tents. We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free pro-
gram will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the
program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any
patent must be licensed for everyone‘s free use or not licensed at all.
The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and mo-
dification follow.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODI-
FICATION
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notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed un-
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fers to any such program or work, and a „work based on the Program“
means either the Program or any derivative work under copyright
law: that is to say, a work containing the Program or a portion of it, eit-
her verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into another lan-
guage. (Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in the
term „modification“.) Each licensee is addressed as „you“.
Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of run-
ning the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program
is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Pro-
gram (independent of having been made by running the Program).
Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.
1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program‘s
source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an approp-
riate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the
notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty;
and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License
along with the Program.
