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Benny Prijonoe0312a72005-11-18 00:16:43 +00001 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
2 Version 2, June 1991
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4 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
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10Preamble
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291How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
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294If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
295possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
296free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these
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299To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to
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304 ONE LINE TO GIVE THE PROGRAM'S NAME AND A BRIEF IDEA OF WHAT IT DOES.
305 Copyright (C) YYYY NAME OF AUTHOR
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307 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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321Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
322
323If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
324when it starts in an interactive mode:
325
326 Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19YY NAME OF AUTHOR
327 Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
328 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
329 under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
330
331The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the
332appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, the
333commands you use may be called something other than `show w' and `show
334c'; they could even be mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your
335program.
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337You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
338school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
339necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
340
341 Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
342 `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
343
344 SIGNATURE OF TY COON, 1 April 1989
345 Ty Coon, President of Vice
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351GNU Library General Public License instead of this License.
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