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- - If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest -possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it -free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms. -
- - To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest -to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively -convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least -the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. -
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one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does. -Copyright (C) 19yy name of author - -This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify -it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by -the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or -(at your option) any later version. - -This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, -but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of -MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the -GNU General Public License for more details. - -You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License -along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software -Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. - |
- -Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. -
- -If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this -when it starts in an interactive mode: -
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Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19yy name of author -Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details -type `show w'. -This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it -under certain conditions; type `show c' for details. - |
- -The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show -the appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, the -commands you use may be called something other than `show w' and -`show c'; they could even be mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever -suits your program. -
- -You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your -school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if -necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names: -
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Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program -`Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker. - -signature of Ty Coon, 1 April 1989 -Ty Coon, President of Vice - |
- -This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into -proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may -consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the -library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General -Public License instead of this License. -
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