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<TITLE>GNU General Public License</TITLE>

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<TITLE>Version 2, June 1991</TITLE>

<PARA>Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 675
      Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 
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<PARA>Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim
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<TITLE><ANCHOR ID="SEC001">Preamble</TITLE>

<PARA>The licenses for most software are designed to take away
    your freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU
    General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to
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    free for all its users. This General Public License applies to
    most of the Free Software Foundation's software and to any
    other program whose authors commit to using it. (Some other
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    General Public License instead.) You can apply it to your
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<PARA>When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom,
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<PARA>To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that
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<PARA>For example, if you distribute copies of such a program,
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<PARA>We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the
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<PARA>Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by
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<TITLE><ANCHOR ID="SEC002">GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND
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<PARA>0. This License applies to any program or other work which
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<PARA>Activities other than copying, distribution and modification
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<PARA>1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the
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<PARA>You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a
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<PARA>2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any
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<PARA>Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights
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<TITLE><ANCHOR ID="SEC003">NO WARRANTY</TITLE>
<PARA>11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS
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