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8Version 2, June 1991<p>
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11Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.<br>
1259 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA<p>
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354<STRONG>11.</STRONG>
355 BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
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383
384
385<H2>How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs</H2>
386
387<P>
388 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
389possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
390free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
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393<P>
394 To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
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401<code>
402<VAR>one line to give the program's name and an idea of what it does.</VAR>
403Copyright (C) <VAR>yyyy</VAR> <VAR>name of author</VAR>
404
405This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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409
410This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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418</code>
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420<P>
421Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
422
423</P>
424<P>
425If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
426when it starts in an interactive mode:
427
428</P>
429
430<code>
431Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) <VAR>year</VAR> <VAR>name of author</VAR><p>
432Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details
433type `show w'. This is free software, and you are welcome
434to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `show c'
435for details.
436</code>
437
438<P>
439The hypothetical commands <SAMP>`show w'</SAMP> and <SAMP>`show c'</SAMP> should show
440the appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, the
441commands you use may be called something other than <SAMP>`show w'</SAMP> and
442<SAMP>`show c'</SAMP>; they could even be mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever
443suits your program.
444
445</P>
446<P>
447You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
448school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
449necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
450
451</P>
452
453<code>
454Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright
455interest in the program `Gnomovision'
456(which makes passes at compilers) written
457by James Hacker.<p>
458
459<VAR>signature of Ty Coon</VAR>, 1 April 1989
460Ty Coon, President of Vice
461</code>
462
463<P>
464This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
465proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
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