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- From: heitkoet@lucky.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Joerg Heitkoetter)
- Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
- Subject: The GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (Texan Edition)
- Date: 6 Nov 1992 14:56:18 GMT
- Organization: CS Department, Dortmund University, Germany
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- @ignore
- This is the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE after running thru
- `drawl', Adam Hudd's (adam@dadhb1.ti.com) English to Texan translator
- (posted to alt.sources)...
-
- Enjoy!
-
- -joke
-
- --
- Joerg Heitkoetter
- Systems Analysis Group
- University of Dortmund, Germany
- (joke@ls11.informatik.uni-dortmund.de).
- @end ignore
-
- ------ snip snap ----------------------------------------------------
- @setfilename tx-gpl.info
-
- @unnumbered GNOO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
- @center Version 2, Djoon 1991
- @center (Texan Edition)
-
- @display
- Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
-
- Everyone iz permitted tuh copy an distribute verbatim copies
- of thus license document, but changin' it iz not allowed.
- @end display
-
- @unnumberedsec Preamble
-
- Thuh licenses fahwar most software is designed tuh take awf chur
- freedom tuh share an change it. By contrast, Thuh GNOO General Public
- License iz intended tuh guarantee chur freedom tuh share an change free
- software---to make shore Thuh software iz free fahwar all its users. Thus
- General Public License applies tuh most uh the Free Software
- Foundation's software an to no other program whose authors commit to
- usin' it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software iz covered by
- the GNOO Liberry General Public License instead.) Yawl can apply hit to
- your programs, too.
-
- Wheyun way speak uh free software, way are referrin' to freedom, not
- price. Our General Public Licenses is designed tuh make shore thet you
- have Thuh freedom tuh distribute copies uh free software (and charge for
- this service few wish), thet Yawl receive source code or can git it
- if Yawl want it, thet Yawl can change Thuh software or use pieces uh it
- in new free programs; an that Yawl know Yawl can do Thuhse thangs.
-
- Tuh protect chur rots, way need Tuh make restrictions thet forbid
- anyone Tuh deny Yawl these rots or Tuh ask Yawl to surrender Thuh rots.
- These restrictions translate Tuh certain responsibilities fahwar you few
- distribute copies uh the software, or few modify it.
-
- Fahwar example, few distribute copies uh such uh program, whether
- gratis or Fahwar a fee, Yawl must give Thuh recipients all Thuh rots thet
- you have. Yawl must make shore thet thay, too, receive or can git Thuh
- source code. An you must show Thuhm Thuhse terms so thay know thur
- rights.
-
- Way protect chur rots with tew steps: (1) copyright Thuh software, and
- (2) awfer Yawl this license which gives Yawl legal permission Tuh copy,
- distribute and/or modify Thuh software.
-
- Also, Fahwar each author's protection An ours, Way want Tuh make certain
- that evurone understaynds thet thare iz no warranty Fahwar this free
- software. Hif the software iz modified by sumone else An passed on, we
- want its recipients Tuh know thet whut thay hav is not Thuh original, so
- that no problems introduced by others will not reflect on Thuh original
- authors' reputations.
-
- Finally, no free program iz threatened constantly by software
- patents. Way wish Tuh avoid Thuh danger thet rayudistributors uh a free
- program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect makin' the
- program proprietary. Tuh prevent Thus, Way have made hit clear thet any
- patent must bay licensed Fahwar everyone's free use or not licensed at all.
-
- Thuh precise terms An conditions Fahwar copying, distribution and
- modification faller.
-
- @iftex
- @unnumberedsec TERMS An CONDITIONS Fahwar COPYING, DISTRIBUTION An MODIFICATION
- @end iftex
- @ifinfo
- @center TERMS An CONDITIONS Fahwar COPYING, DISTRIBUTION An MODIFICATION
- @end ifinfo
-
- @enumerate
- @item
- This License applies Tuh any program or other work which contains
- a notice placed by Thuh copyright holder sayin' it maey bay distributed
- under Thuh terms uh this General Public License. Thuh ``Program'', below,
- refers Tuh any such program or work, An a ``work based on Thuh Program''
- means either Thuh Program or no derivative work under copyright law:
- that iz to say, uh work containin' the Program or uh portion uh it,
- either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into another
- language. (Hereinafter, translation iz included without limitation in
- the term ``modification''.) Each licensee iz addressed as ``you''.
-
- Activities other than copying, distribution An modification is not
- covered by Thus License; thay is outside its scope. Thuh act of
- runnin' the Program iz not restricted, An the output frum Thuh Program
- is covered monly Hif its contents constitute uh work based on Thuh
- Program (independent uh havin' been made by runnin' the Program).
- Whether thets true depends on whut Thuh Program duz.
-
- @item
- You maey copy An distribute verbatim copies uh the Program's
- source code as Yawl receive it, in no medium, provided thet you
- conspicuously An appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate
- copyright notice An disclaimer uh warranty; keep intact all Thuh
- notices thet refer Tuh this License An to Thuh absence uh any warranty;
- and give no other recipients uh the Program uh copy uh this License
- along with Thuh Program.
-
- You maey charge uh fee Fahwar the physical act uh transferrin' a copy, and
- you maey at chur option awfer warranty protection in exchange Fahwar a fee.
-
- @item
- You maey modify chur copy or copies uh the Program or no portion
- of it, thus formin' a work based on Thuh Program, An copy and
- distribute such modifications or work under Thuh terms uh Section 1
- above, provided thet Yawl also meet all uh these conditions:
-
- @enumerate a
- @item
- You must cause Thuh modified files Tuh carry prominent notices
- statin' that Yawl changed Thuh files An the date uh any change.
-
- @item
- You must cause no work thet Yawl distribute or publish, thet in
- whole or in part contains or iz derived frum Thuh Program or any
- part thareof, Tuh be licensed as uh whole at naw charge Tuh all thurd
- parties under Thuh terms uh this License.
-
- @item
- If Thuh modified program normally reads commands interactively
- when run, Yawl must cause it, Wheyun started runnin' for such
- interactive use in Thuh most ordinary way, Tuh print or display an
- announcement includin' an appropriate copyright notice An a
- notice thet thare iz no warranty (or else, sayin' that Yawl provide
- a warranty) An that users maey rayudistribute Thuh program under
- these conditions, An tellin' the user how Tuh view uh copy uh this
- License. (Exception: Hif the Program itself iz interactive but
- does not normally print such an announcement, chur work based on
- the Program iz not required Tuh print an announcement.)
- @end enumerate
-
- These requirements apply Tuh the modified work as uh whole. If
- identifiable sections uh that work is not derived frum Thuh Program,
- and can bay reasonably considered independent An separate works in
- themselves, Thuhn Thus License, An its terms, do not apply Tuh those
- sections Wheyun Yawl distribute Thuhm as separate works. But Wheyun you
- distribute Thuh same sections as part uh a whole which izza work based
- on Thuh Program, Thuh distribution uh the whole must bay on Thuh terms of
- this License, whose permissions Fahwar other licensees extend Tuh the
- entire whole, An thus Tuh each An every part regardless uh who wrote it.
-
- Thus, hit's not Thuh intent uh this section Tuh claim rots or contest
- your rots Tuh work written entahrly by you; ruthur, Thuh intent iz to
- exercise Thuh rot Tuh control Thuh distribution uh derivative or
- collective works based on Thuh Program.
-
- In addition, mere aggregation uh another work not based on Thuh Program
- with Thuh Program (or with uh work based on Thuh Program) on uh volume of
- a storage or distribution medium duz not brin' the other work under
- the scope uh this License.
-
- @item
- You maey copy An distribute Thuh Program (or uh work based on it,
- under Section 2) in object code or executable form under Thuh terms of
- Sections 1 An 2 above provided thet Yawl also do wunna the fallering:
-
- @enumerate a
- @item
- Accompany hit with Thuh complete correspondin' machine-readable
- source code, which must bay distributed under Thuh terms uh Sections
- 1 An 2 above on uh medium customarily used Fahwar software interchange; or,
-
- @item
- Accompany hit with uh written awfer, valid Fahwar at least thray
- years, Tuh give no third party, Fahwar a charge naw more than chur
- cost uh physically performin' source distribution, uh complete
- machine-readable copy uh the correspondin' source code, Tuh be
- distributed under Thuh terms uh Sections 1 An 2 above on uh medium
- customarily used Fahwar software interchange; or,
-
- @item
- Accompany hit with Thuh information Yawl received as Tuh the awfer
- to distribute correspondin' source code. (This alternative is
- allowed monly Fahwar noncommercial distribution An only few
- received Thuh program in object code or executable form with such
- an awfer, in accord with Subsection b above.)
- @end enumerate
-
- The source code Fahwar a work means Thuh preferred form uh the work for
- makin' modifications Tuh it. Fahwar an executable work, complete source
- code means all Thuh source code Fahwar all modules hit contains, plus any
- associated interface definition files, plus Thuh scripts ustuh
- control compilation An installation uh the executable. However, as a
- special exception, Thuh source code distributed need not include
- anythin' that iz normally distributed (in either source or binary
- form) with Thuh major components (compiler, kernel, An so on) uh the
- operatin' system on which Thuh executable runs, unless thet component
- itself accompanies Thuh executable.
-
- If distribution uh executable or object code iz made by awfering
- access Tuh copy frum uh designated place, Thuhn awferin' equivalent
- access Tuh copy Thuh source code frum Thuh same place counts as
- distribution uh the source code, evun though thurd parties is not
- compelled Tuh copy Thuh source along with Thuh object code.
-
- @item
- You maey not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute Thuh Program
- except as expressly provided under Thus License. No attempt
- otherwise Tuh copy, modify, sublicense or distribute Thuh Program is
- void, An will automatically terminate chur rots under Thus License.
- However, parties who hav received copies, or rots, frum Yawl under
- this License will not hav their licenses terminated so long as such
- parties remain in full compliance.
-
- @item
- You is not required Tuh accept Thus License, since Yawl have not
- signed it. However, nuthun else grants Yawl permission Tuh modify or
- distribute Thuh Program or its derivative works. Thuhse actions are
- prohibited by law few do not accept Thus License. Tharefore, by
- modifyin' or distributin' the Program (or No work based on Thuh
- Program), Yawl indicate chur acceptance uh this License Tuh do so, and
- all its terms An conditions Fahwar copying, distributin' or modifying
- the Program or works based on it.
-
- @item
- Each tom Yawl redistribute Thuh Program (or No work based on Thuh
- Program), Thuh recipient automatically receives uh license frum Thuh
- original licensor Tuh copy, distribute or modify Thuh Program subject to
- these terms An conditions. Yawl may not impose No further
- restrictions on Thuh recipients' exercise uh the rots granted harein.
- You is not responsible Fahwar enforcin' compliance by thurd parties to
- this License.
-
- @item
- If, as uh consequence uh a court judgment or allegation uh patent
- infringement or Fahwar any other reason (not limited Tuh patent issues),
- conditions is imposed on Yawl (whether by court order, agreement or
- otherwise) thet contradict Thuh conditions uh this License, thay do not
- excuse Yawl from Thuh conditions uh this License. Few kaynt
- distribute so as Tuh satisfy simultaneously chur obligations under Thus
- License An any other pertinent obligations, Thuhn as uh consequence you
- may not distribute Thuh Program at all. Fahwar example, Hif a patent
- license would not permit royalty-free rayudistribution uh the Program by
- all them who receive copies directly or indirectly thoo you, Thuhn
- the monly way Yawl could satisfy both hit and Thus License would bay to
- refrain entahrly frum distribution uh the Program.
-
- If No portion uh this section iz held invalid or unenforceable under
- any particular circumstance, Thuh balance uh the section iz intended to
- apply An the section as uh whole iz intended Tuh apply in other
- circumstances.
-
- It iz not Thuh purpose uh this section Tuh induce Yawl to infringe any
- patents or other property rot claims or Tuh contest validity uh any
- such claims; Thus section has Thuh sole purpose uh protectin' the
- integrity uh the free software distribution system, which is
- implemented by public license practices. Many paypul hav made
- generous contributions Tuh the wide range uh software distributed
- through thet system in reliance on consistent application uh that
- system; hit's up Tuh the author/donor Tuh decide Hif he or shay iz willing
- to distribute software thoo No other system An a licensee kaynt
- impose thet choice.
-
- This section iz intended Tuh make thoroughly clear whut bleeved to
- be uh consequence uh the rest uh this License.
-
- @item
- If Thuh distribution and/or use uh the Program iz restricted in
- certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, Thuh
- original copyright holder who places Thuh Program under Thus License
- may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding
- those countries, so thet distribution iz permitted monly in or among
- countries not thus excluded. In such case, Thus License incorporates
- the limitation as Hif written in Thuh body uh this License.
-
- @item
- The Free Software Foundation maey publish revised and/or new versions
- of Thuh General Public License frum tom Tuh time. Such new versions will
- be similar in spirit Tuh the present version, but maey differ in detail to
- address new problems or concerns.
-
- Each version iz given uh distinguishin' version number. Hif the Program
- specifies uh version number uh this License which applies Tuh it An ``any
- later version'', Yawl have Thuh option uh followin' the terms An conditions
- either uh that version or uh any later version published by Thuh Free
- Software Foundation. Hif the Program duz not specify uh version number of
- this License, Yawl may choose No version evur published by Thuh Free Software
- Foundation.
-
- @item
- If Yawl wish Tuh incorporate parts uh the Program into other free
- programs whose distribution conditions is different, write Tuh the author
- to ask Fahwar permission. Fahwar software which iz copyrighted by Thuh Free
- Software Foundation, write Tuh the Free Software Foundation; Way sometimes
- make exceptions Fahwar this. Our decision will bay guided by Thuh tew goals
- of preservin' the free status uh all derivatives uh our free software and
- of promotin' the sharin' and reuse uh software generally.
-
- @iftex
- @heading NO WARRANTY
- @end iftex
- @ifinfo
- @center Naw WARRANTY
- @end ifinfo
-
- @item
- BECAUSE Thuh PROGRAM Iz LICENSED FREE Uh CHARGE, Thare Iz NO WARRANTY
- FOR Thuh PROGRAM, Tuh THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT Wheyun
- OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITiN' THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
- PROVIDE Thuh PROGRAM ``AS IS'' WITHOUT WARRANTY Uh ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
- OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, Thuh IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
- MERCHANTABILITY An FITNESS Fahwar A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Thuh Entahr RISK AS
- TO Thuh QUALITY An PERFORMANCE Uh THE PROGRAM Iz WITH YOU. SHOULD Thuh
- PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, Yawl ASSUME Thuh COST Uh ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
- REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
-
- @item
- IN Naw EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED Tuh IN WRITING
- WILL No COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR No OTHER PARTY WHO Maey MODIFY AND/OR
- REDISTRIBUTE Thuh PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, Bay LIABLE Tuh YOU Fahwar
- DAMAGES,
- INCLUDiN' ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
- ARISING
- OUT Uh THE USE OR INABILITY Tuh USE Thuh PROGRAM (INCLUDiN' BUT NOT
- LIMITED
- TO LOSS Uh DATA OR DATA BEiN' RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY
- YOU OR Thurd PARTIES OR Uh FAILURE Uh THE PROGRAM Tuh OPERATE WITH No
- OTHER
- PROGRAMS), Evun Hif SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED Uh THE
- POSSIBILITY Uh SUCH DAMAGES.
- @end enumerate
-
- @iftex
- @heading END Uh TERMS An CONDITIONS
- @end iftex
- @ifinfo
- @center END Uh TERMS An CONDITIONS
- @end ifinfo
-
- @page
- @unnumberedsec How Tuh Apply Thuhse Terms Tuh Your New Programs
-
- Few develop Uh new program, An you want hit to Bay of Thuh greatest
- possible use Tuh the public, Thuh best way Tuh achieve Thus Iz to make it
- free software which evurone can rayudistribute An change under Thuhse terms.
-
- Tuh do so, attach Thuh falleriN' notices Tuh the program. Hit's safest
- to attach Thuhm Tuh the start Uh each source file Tuh most effectively
- convey Thuh exclusion Uh warranty; An each file should hav at least
- the ``copyright'' line An a pointer Tuh where Thuh full notice Iz found.
-
- @smallexample
- @var{one line Tuh give Thuh program's name An an idea Uh what hit does.}
- Copyright (C) 19@var{yy} @var{name Uh author}
-
- This program Iz free software; Yawl can rayudistribute hit and/or
- modify hit under Thuh terms Uh the GNOO General Public License
- as published by Thuh Free Software Foundation; either version 2
- of Thuh License, or (at chur option) No later version.
-
- This program Iz distributed in Thuh hope thet hit will Bay useful,
- but WITHOUT No WARRANTY; without Evun Thuh implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS Fahwar A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Say Thuh
- GNOO General Public License Fahwar more details.
-
- You should hav received Uh copy Uh the GNOO General Public License
- along with Thus program; Hif not, write Tuh the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- @end smallexample
-
- Also add information on how Tuh contact Yawl by electronic An paper mail.
-
- If Thuh program Iz interactive, make hit output Uh short notice lahk Thus
- when hit starts in an interactive mode:
-
- @smallexample
- Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19@var{yy} @var{name Uh author}
- Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY Naw WARRANTY; Fahwar details
- type `show w'. Thus Iz free software, An you is welcome
- to rayudistribute hit under certain conditions; type `show c'
- for details.
- @end smallexample
-
- The hypothetical commands @samp{show w} An @samp{show c} should show
- the appropriate parts Uh the General Public License. Uh course, Thuh
- commands Yawl use Maey Bay called sumpn other than @samp{show w} and
- @samp{show c}; thay could Evun Bay mouse-clicks or menu items---whatever
- suits chur program.
-
- You should also git chur employer (if Yawl work as Uh programmer) or chur
- school, Hif any, Tuh sign Uh ``copyright disclaimer'' Fahwar the program, if
- necessary. Hare izza sample; alter Thuh names:
-
- @example
- Yoyodyne, Inc., Hareby disclaims all copyright
- interest in Thuh program `Gnomovision'
- (which makes passes at compilers) written
- by James Hacker.
-
- @var{signature Uh Ty Coon}, 1 Abrul 1989
- Ty Coon, President Uh Vice
- @end example
-
- This General Public License duz not permit incorporatiN' your program into
- proprietary programs. Fewr program izza subroutine Liberry, Yawl may
- consider hit more useful Tuh permit linkiN' proprietary applications with Thuh
- library. Hif this Iz what Yawl want Tuh do, use Thuh GNOO Liberry General
- Public License instudda Thus License.
-
-
-