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      1  1.1  christos 		    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
      2  1.1  christos 		       Version 2, June 1991
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     60  1.1  christos 		    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
     61  1.1  christos    TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
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    262  1.1  christos 			    NO WARRANTY
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    275  1.1  christos WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
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    284  1.1  christos 		     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
    285  1.1  christos 
    287  1.1  christos 	    How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
    288  1.1  christos 
    289  1.1  christos   If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
    290  1.1  christos possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
    291  1.1  christos free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
    292  1.1  christos 
    293  1.1  christos   To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest
    294  1.1  christos to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
    295  1.1  christos convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
    296  1.1  christos the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
    297  1.1  christos 
    298  1.1  christos     <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
    299  1.1  christos     Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
    300  1.1  christos 
    301  1.1  christos     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    302  1.1  christos     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    303  1.1  christos     the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    304  1.1  christos     (at your option) any later version.
    305  1.1  christos 
    306  1.1  christos     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    307  1.1  christos     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    308  1.1  christos     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    309  1.1  christos     GNU General Public License for more details.
    310  1.1  christos 
    311  1.1  christos     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    312  1.1  christos     along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    313  1.1  christos     Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
    314  1.1  christos 
    315  1.1  christos 
    316  1.1  christos Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
    317  1.1  christos 
    318  1.1  christos If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
    319  1.1  christos when it starts in an interactive mode:
    320  1.1  christos 
    321  1.1  christos     Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year  name of author
    322  1.1  christos     Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
    323  1.1  christos     This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
    324  1.1  christos     under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
    325  1.1  christos 
    326  1.1  christos The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
    327  1.1  christos parts of the General Public License.  Of course, the commands you use may
    328  1.1  christos be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
    329  1.1  christos mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
    330  1.1  christos 
    331  1.1  christos You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
    332  1.1  christos school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
    333  1.1  christos necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:
    334  1.1  christos 
    335  1.1  christos   Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
    336  1.1  christos   `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
    337  1.1  christos 
    338  1.1  christos   <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
    339  1.1  christos   Ty Coon, President of Vice
    340  1.1  christos 
    341                This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
    342                proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you may
    343                consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
    344                library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
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    346