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1 capela 921 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
2     Version 2, June 1991
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4 capela 921 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
5     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
6 capela 62 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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21 capela 921 When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
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39 capela 921 We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and
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59 capela 921 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
60 capela 62 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
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250 capela 921 10. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free
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256     of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
257    
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260 capela 921 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
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270 capela 921 12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
271     WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
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280     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
281    
282 capela 921 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
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284 capela 921 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
285     possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
286     free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
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288 capela 921 To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
289     to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
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291     the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
292    
293     <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
294 capela 62 Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
295    
296 capela 921 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
297     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
298     the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
299     (at your option) any later version.
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301 capela 921 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
302 capela 62 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
303 capela 921 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
304     GNU General Public License for more details.
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306 capela 921 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
307     with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
308     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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310     Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
311    
312 capela 921 If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
313     when it starts in an interactive mode:
314    
315     Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
316     Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
317     This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
318     under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
319    
320     The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
321     parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may
322     be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
323     mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
324    
325 capela 62 You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
326 capela 921 school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
327 capela 62 necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
328    
329 capela 921 Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
330     `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
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332 capela 921 <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
333 capela 62 Ty Coon, President of Vice
334    
335 capela 921 This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
336     proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
337     consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
338     library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
339     Public License instead of this License.

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