1 | Preliminary notes:
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3 | 1) The majority of code in the VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE) is
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4 | copyrighted by Oracle Corporation. This code is combined with third-party code
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5 | that was originally released under licenses which the Free Software Foundation
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6 | considers incompatible with the GPL, such as the Apache License 2.0, the OpenSSL
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7 | license, the Mozilla Public License (MPL) and the Slirp license. (Please see the
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8 | VirtualBox User Manual for a complete list of third-party code and their
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9 | licenses.) As a special exception to the terms and conditions of the GPL listed
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10 | below, Oracle gives you explicit permission to combine its GPL code contained in
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11 | VirtualBox OSE with third-party code under the aforementioned licenses. You may
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12 | copy and distribute such a combination provided that you adhere to the terms and
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13 | conditions of all of the GPL and the licenses of the third-party code; in
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14 | particular, you must include the source code of the entire combination insofar
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15 | as the GPL requires distribution of source code.
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16 |
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17 | 2) The GPL listed below does not bind software which uses VirtualBox services by
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18 | merely linking to VirtualBox libraries so long as all VirtualBox interfaces used
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19 | by that software are multi-licensed. A VirtualBox interface is deemed
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20 | multi-licensed if it is declared in a VirtualBox header file that is licensed
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21 | under both the GPL version 2 (below) *and* the Common Development and
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22 | Distribution License Version 1.0 (CDDL), as it comes in the "COPYING.CDDL" file.
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23 | In other words, calling such a multi-licensed interface is merely considered
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24 | normal use of VirtualBox and does not turn the calling code into a derived work
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25 | of VirtualBox. In particular, this applies to code that wants to extend
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26 | VirtualBox by way of the Extension Pack mechanism declared in the ExtPack.h
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27 | header file.
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28 |
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29 | 3) Whoever creates or distributes a derived work based on VirtualBox OSE is not
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30 | obligated to grant the above exceptions for such a version. The GPL allows for
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31 | releasing a modified version without the above exception; in addition, Oracle
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32 | hereby also allows you to release a modified version which carries forward these
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33 | exceptions.
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34 |
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35 | Oracle Corporation
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36 |
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37 | ---
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38 |
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39 |
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40 | GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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41 | Version 2, June 1991
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42 |
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43 | Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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44 | 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
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45 | Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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46 | of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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47 |
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48 | Preamble
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49 |
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50 | The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
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51 | freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public
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52 | License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free
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53 | software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. This
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54 | General Public License applies to most of the Free Software
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55 | Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to
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56 | using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by
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57 | the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You can apply it to
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58 | your programs, too.
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59 |
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60 | When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
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61 | price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
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62 | have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for
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63 | this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it
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64 | if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it
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65 | in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.
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66 |
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67 | To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
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68 | anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights.
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69 | These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you
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70 | distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it.
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71 |
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72 | For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
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73 | gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that
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74 | you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the
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76 | rights.
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77 |
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78 | We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and
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81 |
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82 | Also, for each author's protection and ours, we want to make certain
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83 | that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free
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86 | that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original
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88 |
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89 | Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software
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90 | patents. We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free
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92 | program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any
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95 | The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
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96 | modification follow.
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98 | GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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101 | 0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains
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107 | either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into another
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109 | the term "modification".) Each licensee is addressed as "you".
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116 | Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.
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117 |
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118 | 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
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119 | source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
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120 | conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate
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126 | You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and
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127 | you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee.
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128 |
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133 |
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137 | b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
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141 |
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142 | c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively
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143 | when run, you must cause it, when started running for such
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144 | interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an
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148 | these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this
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150 | does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on
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151 | the Program is not required to print an announcement.)
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152 |
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159 | on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of
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172 |
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175 | Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
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176 |
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177 | a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable
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180 |
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182 | years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
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187 |
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193 |
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210 |
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211 | 4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program
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227 |
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228 | 6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the
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235 |
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236 | 7. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent
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237 | infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues),
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242 | License and any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you
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244 | license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Program by
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245 | all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then
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248 |
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249 | If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under
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250 | any particular circumstance, the balance of the section is intended to
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251 | apply and the section as a whole is intended to apply in other
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252 | circumstances.
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253 |
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254 | It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any
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255 | patents or other property right claims or to contest validity of any
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257 | integrity of the free software distribution system, which is
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258 | implemented by public license practices. Many people have made
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260 | through that system in reliance on consistent application of that
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261 | system; it is up to the author/donor to decide if he or she is willing
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262 | to distribute software through any other system and a licensee cannot
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263 | impose that choice.
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264 |
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265 | This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to
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266 | be a consequence of the rest of this License.
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267 |
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268 | 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
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269 | certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
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270 | original copyright holder who places the Program under this License
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271 | may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding
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272 | those countries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among
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273 | countries not thus excluded. In such case, this License incorporates
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274 | the limitation as if written in the body of this License.
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275 |
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276 | 9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
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277 | of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will
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278 | be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to
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279 | address new problems or concerns.
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280 |
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281 | Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program
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282 | specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any
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283 | later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions
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284 | either of that version or of any later version published by the Free
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285 | Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of
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286 | this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software
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287 | Foundation.
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288 |
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289 | 10. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free
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290 | programs whose distribution conditions are different, write to the author
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291 | to ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by the Free
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292 | Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes
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293 | make exceptions for this. Our decision will be guided by the two goals
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294 | of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and
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295 | of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
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296 |
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297 | NO WARRANTY
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298 |
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299 | 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
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300 | FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN
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301 | OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
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302 | PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
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303 | OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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304 | MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS
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305 | TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE
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306 | PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
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307 | REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
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308 |
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309 | 12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
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310 | WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
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311 | REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
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312 | INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
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313 | OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
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314 | TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY
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315 | YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
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316 | PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
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317 | POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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318 |
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319 | END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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320 |
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321 | How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
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322 |
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323 | If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
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324 | possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
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325 | free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
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326 |
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327 | To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
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328 | to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
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329 | convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
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330 | the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
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331 |
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332 | <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
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333 | Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
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334 |
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335 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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336 | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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337 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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338 | (at your option) any later version.
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339 |
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340 | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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341 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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342 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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343 | GNU General Public License for more details.
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344 |
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345 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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346 | along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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347 | Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
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348 |
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349 |
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350 | Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
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351 |
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352 | If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
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353 | when it starts in an interactive mode:
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354 |
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355 | Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
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356 | Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
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357 | This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
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358 | under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
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359 |
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360 | The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
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361 | parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may
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362 | be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
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363 | mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
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364 |
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365 | You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
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366 | school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
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367 | necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
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368 |
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369 | Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
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370 | `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
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371 |
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372 | <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
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373 | Ty Coon, President of Vice
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374 |
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375 | This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
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376 | proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
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377 | consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
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378 | library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
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379 | Public License instead of this License.
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