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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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Version 2, June 1991
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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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Version 2, June 1991
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Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
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02111-1307, USA.
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Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
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<https://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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Preamble
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The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
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freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public
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General Public License applies to most of the Free Software
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Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to
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using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by
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the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You can apply it to
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the GNU Lesser General Public License instead.) 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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The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
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0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains
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License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but
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does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on
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the Program is not required to print an announcement.)
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These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If
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identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program,
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and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in
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distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not
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4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program
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except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt
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otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Program is
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This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to
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8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
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certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
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original copyright holder who places the Program under this License
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NO WARRANTY
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11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
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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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END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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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 the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
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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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Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
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with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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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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Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19yy name of author
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Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year 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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Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
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<signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
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Ty Coon, President of Vice
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<signature of Moe Ghoul>, 1 April 1989
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This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
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proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
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consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
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library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
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library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
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Public License instead of this License.

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