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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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                              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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  General Public License applies to most of the Free Software
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  the GNU Library General Public License instead.)  You can apply it to
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    When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
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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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  It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any
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    10. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free
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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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  PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
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  MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE ENTIRE RISK AS
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  PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
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  WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
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  INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
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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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  If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
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      Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
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      This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
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  The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
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  You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
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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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