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625A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND
626PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE
627DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR
628CORRECTION.
629
630@item Limitation of Liability.
631
632IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
633WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR
634CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
635INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
636ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT
637NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR
638LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM
639TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER
640PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
641
642@item Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
643
644If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
645above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
646reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates
647an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
648Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a
649copy of the Program in return for a fee.
650
651@end enumerate
652
653@heading END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
654
655@heading How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
656
657If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
658possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
659free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these
660terms.
661
662To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
663to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
664state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
665the ``copyright'' line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
666
667@smallexample
668@var{one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.}
669Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{name of author}
670
671This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
672it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
673the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
674your option) any later version.
675
676This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
677WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
678MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
679Affero General Public License for more details.
680
681You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
682along with this program. If not, see @url{https://www.gnu.org/licenses/}.
683@end smallexample
684
685Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
686
687If your software can interact with users remotely through a computer
688network, you should also make sure that it provides a way for users to
689get its source. For example, if your program is a web application, its
690interface could display a ``Source'' link that leads users to an archive
691of the code. There are many ways you could offer source, and different
692solutions will be better for different programs; see section 13 for the
693specific requirements.
694
695You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
696if any, to sign a ``copyright disclaimer'' for the program, if necessary.
697For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU AGPL, see
698@url{https://www.gnu.org/licenses/}.