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original, so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original authors'
reputations .
Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software patents . We wish to avoid
the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses,
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in effect making the program proprietary . To prevent this, we have made it clear that any
patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all .
The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and modification follow .
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
3 . This License applies to any program or other work which contains a notice placed
by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the terms of this General
Public License . The „Program", below, refers to any such program or work, and a
„work based on the Program" means either the Program or any derivative work under
copyright law: that is to say, a work containing the Program or a portion of it, either
verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into another language . (Hereinafter,
translation is included without limitation in the term „modification" .) Each licensee is
addressed as „you" .
Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this Li-
cense; they are outside its scope . The act of running the Program is not restricted, and
the output from the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on
the Program (independent of having been made by running the Program) . Whether
that is true depends on what the Program does .
4 . You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you
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