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Todoso,attachthefollowingnoticestotheprogram.Itissafesttoattachthemtothestartofeach
sourcefiletomosteffectivelystatetheexclusionofwarranty;andeachfileshouldhaveatleastthe
“copyright”lineandapointertowherethefullnoticeisfound.
<onelinetogivetheprogram'snameandabriefideaofwhatitdoes.>
Copyright(C)<year><nameofauthor>
Thisprogramisfreesoftware:youcanredistributeitand/ormodifyitunderthetermsofthe
GNUGeneralPublicLicenseaspublishedbytheFreeSoftwareFoundation,eitherversion3
oftheLicense,or(atyouroption)anylaterversion.
Thisprogramisdistributedinthehopethatitwillbeuseful,butWITHOUTANY
WARRANTY;withouteventheimpliedwarrantyofMERCHANTABILITYorFITNESS
FORAPARTICULARPURPOSE.SeetheGNUGeneralPublicLicenseformoredetails.
YoushouldhavereceivedacopyoftheGNUGeneralPublicLicensealongwiththis
program.Ifnot,see<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Alsoaddinformationonhowtocontactyoubyelectronicandpapermail.
Iftheprogramdoesterminalinteraction,makeitoutputashortnoticelikethiswhenitstartsinan
interactivemode:
<program>Copyright(C)<year><nameofauthor>
ThisprogramcomeswithABSOLUTELYNOWARRANTY;fordetailstype'showw'.
Thisisfreesoftware,andyouarewelcometoredistributeitundercertainconditions;type
`showc'fordetails.
Thehypotheticalcommands'showw'and'showc'shouldshowtheappropriatepartsoftheGeneral
PublicLicense.Ofcourse,yourprogram'scommandsmightbedifferent;foraGUIinterface,you
wouldusean“aboutbox”.
Youshouldalsogetyouremployer(ifyouworkasaprogrammer)orschool,ifany,tosigna
“copyrightdisclaimer”fortheprogram,ifnecessary.Formoreinformationonthis,andhowtoapply
andfollowtheGNUGPL,see<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
TheGNUGeneralPublicLicensedoesnotpermitincorporatingyourprogramintoproprietary
programs.Ifyourprogramisasubroutinelibrary,youmayconsideritmoreusefultopermitlinking
proprietaryapplicationswiththelibrary.Ifthisiswhatyouwanttodo,usetheGNULesserGeneral
PublicLicenseinsteadofthisLicense.Butfirst,pleaseread<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-
not-lgpl.html>.
GNU Lesser General Public License (Version 2.1)
BelowistheGNULesserGeneralPublicLicense.
Version2.1,February1999
Copyright(C)1991,1999FreeSoftwareFoundation,Inc.