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		    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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		       Version 2, June 1991
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 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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                       59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
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 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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 of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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			    Preamble
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  The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
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freedom to share and change it.  By contrast, the GNU General Public
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License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free
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software--to make sure the software is free for all its users.  This
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General Public License applies to most of the Free Software
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Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to
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using it.  (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by
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the GNU Library General Public License instead.)  You can apply it to
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your programs, too.
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  When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
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price.  Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
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have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for
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this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it
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if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it
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in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.
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  To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
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anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights.
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These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you
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distribute copies of the software, or if you modify it.
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  For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
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gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that
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you have.  You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the
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source code.  And you must show them these terms so they know their
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rights.
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  We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and
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(2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy,
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distribute and/or modify the software.
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  Also, for each author's protection and ours, we want to make certain
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that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free
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software.  If the software is modified by someone else and passed on, we
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want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original, so
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that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original
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authors' reputations.
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  Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software
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patents.  We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free
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program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the
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program proprietary.  To prevent this, we have made it clear that any
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patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all.
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modification follow.
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		    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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   TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
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  0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains
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under the terms of this General Public License.  The "Program", below,
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refers to any such program or work, and a "work based on the Program"
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Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.
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  1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
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    c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively
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compelled to copy the source along with the object code.
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conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
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excuse you from the conditions of this License.  If you cannot
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may not distribute the Program at all.  For example, if a patent
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If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under
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apply and the section as a whole is intended to apply in other
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It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any
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to distribute software through any other system and a licensee cannot
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impose that choice.
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This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to
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  8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
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certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
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original copyright holder who places the Program under this License
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may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding
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those countries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among
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countries not thus excluded.  In such case, this License incorporates
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  9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
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be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to
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address new problems or concerns.
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Each version is given a distinguishing version number.  If the Program
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specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any
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later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions
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either of that version or of any later version published by the Free
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Software Foundation.  If the Program does not specify a version number of
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this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software
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Foundation.
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  10. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free
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programs whose distribution conditions are different, write to the author
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to ask for permission.  For software which is copyrighted by the Free
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Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes
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make exceptions for this.  Our decision will be guided by the two goals
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of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and
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of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
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			    NO WARRANTY
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  11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
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FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.  EXCEPT WHEN
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OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
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PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
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OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE ENTIRE RISK AS
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TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU.  SHOULD THE
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PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
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REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
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  12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
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WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
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REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
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INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
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OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
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TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY
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YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
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PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
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POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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		     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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	    How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
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  If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
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possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
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free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
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  To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest
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to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
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convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
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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.>
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    Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
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    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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    (at your option) any later version.
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    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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    GNU General Public License for more details.
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    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
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Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
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If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
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when it starts in an interactive mode:
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    Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
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    Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
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    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
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    under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
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The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
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parts of the General Public License.  Of course, the commands you use may
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be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
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mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
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You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
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school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
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necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:
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  Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
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  `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
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  <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
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  Ty Coon, President of Vice
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This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
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proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you may
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consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
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library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
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Public License instead of this License.