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                          GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE

                             VERSION 2, JUNE 1991

     Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 675 Mass
     Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

     Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
     license document, but changing it is not allowed.



Preamble

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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION


   0.
          This License applies to any program or other work which
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   1.
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   2.
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        a)
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               notices stating that you changed the files and the date of
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        b)
               You must cause any work that you distribute or publish,
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        c)
               If the modified program normally reads commands
               interactively when run, you must cause it, when started
               running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way,
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               appropriate copyright notice and a notice that there is no
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               that users may redistribute the program under these
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               announcement, your work based on the Program is not
               required to print an announcement.)


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          on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring
          the other work under the scope of this License.


   3.
          You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
          under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the
          terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one
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        a)
               Accompany it with the complete corresponding
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               customarily used for software interchange; or,


        b)
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               than your cost of physically performing source
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        c)
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   4.
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          licenses terminated so long as such parties remain in full
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          or works based on it.


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          If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable
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          of protecting the integrity of the free software distribution
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          that choice.

          This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is
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   8.
          If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
          certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted
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          you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software
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   10.
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          status of all derivatives of our free software and of promoting
          the sharing and reuse of software generally.



  NO WARRANTY

   11.
          BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO
          WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
          LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
          HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS"
          WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
          INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
          MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE
          ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS
          WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE
          COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.


   12.
          IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN
          WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY
          MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE
          LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL,
          INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR
          INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS
          OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED
          BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE
          WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY
          HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.



  END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS


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Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs

   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.


    <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:


    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:

     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.