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568: address new problems or concerns.
569: 
570:   Each version is given a distinguishing version number.  If the
571: Program specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU General
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573: option of following the terms and conditions either of that numbered
574: version or of any later version published by the Free Software
575: Foundation.  If the Program does not specify a version number of the
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577: by the Free Software Foundation.
578: 
579:   If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future
580: versions of the GNU General Public License can be used, that proxy's
581: public statement of acceptance of a version permanently authorizes you
582: to choose that version for the Program.
583: 
584:   Later license versions may give you additional or different
585: permissions.  However, no additional obligations are imposed on any
586: author or copyright holder as a result of your choosing to follow a
587: later version.
588: 
589:   15. Disclaimer of Warranty.
590: 
591:   THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
592: APPLICABLE LAW.  EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
593: HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
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595: THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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597: IS WITH YOU.  SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF
598: ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
599: 
600:   16. Limitation of Liability.
601: 
602:   IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
603: WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS
604: THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
605: GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE
606: USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF
607: DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD
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611: 
612:   17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
613: 
614:   If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
615: above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
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620: 
621:                      END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
622: 
623:             How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
624: 
625:   If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
626: possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
627: free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
628: 
629:   To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest
630: to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
631: state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
632: the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
633: 
634:     <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
635:     Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
636: 
637:     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
638:     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
639:     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
640:     (at your option) any later version.
641: 
642:     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
643:     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
644:     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
645:     GNU General Public License for more details.
646: 
647:     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
648:     along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
649: 
650: Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
651: 
652:   If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short
653: notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
654: 
655:     <program>  Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
656:     This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
657:     This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
658:     under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
659: 
660: The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
661: parts of the General Public License.  Of course, your program's commands
662: might be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an "about box".
663: 
664:   You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
665: if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary.
666: For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
667: <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
668: 
669:   The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program
670: into proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you
671: may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
672: the library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
673: Public License instead of this License.  But first, please read
674: <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html>.
675: