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609the Program does not specify a version number of the GNU General
610Public License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free
611Software Foundation.
612
613If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future versions
614of the GNU General Public License can be used, that proxy's public
615statement of acceptance of a version permanently authorizes you to
616choose that version for the Program.
617
618Later license versions may give you additional or different
619permissions. However, no additional obligations are imposed on any
620author or copyright holder as a result of your choosing to follow a
621later version.
622
623@item Disclaimer of Warranty.
624
625THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
626APPLICABLE LAW@. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
627HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM ``AS IS'' WITHOUT
628WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
629LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
630A PARTICULAR PURPOSE@. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND
631PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU@. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE
632DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR
633CORRECTION.
634
635@item Limitation of Liability.
636
637IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
638WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR
639CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
640INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
641ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT
642NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR
643LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM
644TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER
645PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
646
647@item Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
648
649If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
650above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
651reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates
652an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
653Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a
654copy of the Program in return for a fee.
655
656@end enumerate
657
658@heading END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
659
660@heading How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
661
662If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
663possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
664free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these
665terms.
666
667To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
668to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
669state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
670the ``copyright'' line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
671
672@smallexample
673@var{one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.}
674Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{name of author}
675
676This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
677it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
678the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
679your option) any later version.
680
681This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
682WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
683MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE@. See the GNU
684General Public License for more details.
685
686You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
687along with this program. If not, see @url{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}.
688@end smallexample
689
690Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
691
692If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short
693notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
694
695@smallexample
696@var{program} Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{name of author}
697This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type @samp{show w}.
698This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
699under certain conditions; type @samp{show c} for details.
700@end smallexample
701
702The hypothetical commands @samp{show w} and @samp{show c} should show
703the appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, your
704program's commands might be different; for a GUI interface, you would
705use an ``about box''.
706
707You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
708if any, to sign a ``copyright disclaimer'' for the program, if necessary.
709For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
710@url{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}.
711
712The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your
713program into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine
714library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary
715applications with the library. If this is what you want to do, use
716the GNU Lesser General Public License instead of this License. But
717first, please read @url{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html}.