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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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Version 3, 29 June 2007
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Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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Preamble
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The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for
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software and other kinds of works.
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The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed
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to take away your freedom to share and change the works. By contrast,
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the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to
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share and change all versions of a program--to make sure it remains free
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software for all its users. We, the Free Software Foundation, use the
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GNU General Public License for most of our software; it applies also to
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any other work released this way by its authors. You can apply it to
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your programs, too.
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When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
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price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
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have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for
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them if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you
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want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new
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free programs, and that you know you can do these things.
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To protect your rights, we need to prevent others from denying you
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these rights or asking you to surrender the rights. Therefore, you have
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certain responsibilities if you distribute copies of the software, or if
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you modify it: responsibilities to respect the freedom of others.
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For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
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gratis or for a fee, you must pass on to the recipients the same
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freedoms that you received. You must make sure that they, too, receive
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or can get the source code. And you must show them these terms so they
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know their rights.
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Developers that use the GNU GPL protect your rights with two steps:
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(1) assert copyright on the software, and (2) offer you this License
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giving you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify it.
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For the developers' and authors' protection, the GPL clearly explains
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that there is no warranty for this free software. For both users' and
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authors' sake, the GPL requires that modified versions be marked as
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changed, so that their problems will not be attributed erroneously to
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authors of previous versions.
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Some devices are designed to deny users access to install or run
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modified versions of the software inside them, although the manufacturer
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can do so. This is fundamentally incompatible with the aim of
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protecting users' freedom to change the software. The systematic
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pattern of such abuse occurs in the area of products for individuals to
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use, which is precisely where it is most unacceptable. Therefore, we
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have designed this version of the GPL to prohibit the practice for those
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products. If such problems arise substantially in other domains, we
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stand ready to extend this provision to those domains in future versions
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of the GPL, as needed to protect the freedom of users.
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Finally, every program is threatened constantly by software patents.
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States should not allow patents to restrict development and use of
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software on general-purpose computers, but in those that do, we wish to
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avoid the special danger that patents applied to a free program could
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make it effectively proprietary. To prevent this, the GPL assures that
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patents cannot be used to render the program non-free.
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The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
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modification follow.
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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0. Definitions.
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"This License" refers to version 3 of the GNU General Public License.
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"Copyright" also means copyright-like laws that apply to other kinds of
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works, such as semiconductor masks.
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"The Program" refers to any copyrightable work licensed under this
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License. Each licensee is addressed as "you". "Licensees" and
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"recipients" may be individuals or organizations.
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To "modify" a work means to copy from or adapt all or part of the work
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in a fashion requiring copyright permission, other than the making of an
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exact copy. The resulting work is called a "modified version" of the
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earlier work or a work "based on" the earlier work.
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A "covered work" means either the unmodified Program or a work based
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on the Program.
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To "propagate" a work means to do anything with it that, without
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permission, would make you directly or secondarily liable for
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infringement under applicable copyright law, except executing it on a
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computer or modifying a private copy. Propagation includes copying,
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distribution (with or without modification), making available to the
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public, and in some countries other activities as well.
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To "convey" a work means any kind of propagation that enables other
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parties to make or receive copies. Mere interaction with a user through
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a computer network, with no transfer of a copy,
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