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      3 		    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
      4 		       Version 2, June 1991
      5 
      6  Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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     62 		    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
     63    TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
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     65   0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains
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     82   1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
     83 source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
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     93   2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion
     94 of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and
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    101     b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
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    106     c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively
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    115     the Program is not required to print an announcement.)
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    286 		     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
    287 
    289 	    How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
    290 
    291   If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
    292 possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
    293 free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
    294 
    295   To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest
    296 to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
    297 convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
    298 the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
    299 
    300     <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
    301     Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
    302 
    303     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    304     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    305     the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    306     (at your option) any later version.
    307 
    308     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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    312 
    313     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    314     along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    315     Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
    316 
    317 
    318 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
    319 
    320 If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
    321 when it starts in an interactive mode:
    322 
    323     Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
    324     Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
    325     This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
    326     under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
    327 
    328 The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
    329 parts of the General Public License.  Of course, the commands you use may
    330 be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
    331 mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
    332 
    333 You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
    334 school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
    335 necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:
    336 
    337   Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
    338   `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
    339 
    340   <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
    341   Ty Coon, President of Vice
    342 
    343 This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
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    345 consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
    346 library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
    347 Public License instead of this License.
    348