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occurs in the area of products for individuals to use, which is
precisely where it is most unacceptable. Therefore, we have
designed this version of the GPL to prohibit the practice for
those products. If such problems arise substantially in other
domains, we stand ready to extend this provision to those
domains in future versions of the GPL, as needed to protect
the freedom of users.
Finally, every program is threatened constantly by software
patents. States should not allow patents to restrict
development and use of software on general-purpose
computers, but in those that do, we wish to avoid the special
danger that patents applied to a free program could make it
effectively proprietary. To prevent this, the GPL assures that
patents cannot be used to render the program non-free.
The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution
and modification follow.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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"This License" refers to version 3 of the GNU General Public
License.
"Copyright" also means copyright-like laws that apply to
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"The Program" refers to any copyrightable work licensed
under this License. Each licensee is addressed as "you".
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To "modify" a work means to copy from or adapt all or part of
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a "modified version" of the earlier work or a work "based on"
the earlier work.
A "covered work" means either the unmodified Program or a
work based on the Program.
To "propagate" a work means to do anything with it that,
without permission, would make you directly or secondarily
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