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605address new problems or concerns.
606
607 Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the
608Program specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU General
609Public License &#34;or any later version&#34; applies to it, you have the
610option of following the terms and conditions either of that numbered
611version or of any later version published by the Free Software
612Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of the
613GNU General Public License, you may choose any version ever published
614by the Free Software Foundation.
615
616 If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future
617versions of the GNU General Public License can be used, that proxy&#39;s
618public statement of acceptance of a version permanently authorizes you
619to choose that version for the Program.
620
621 Later license versions may give you additional or different
622permissions. However, no additional obligations are imposed on any
623author or copyright holder as a result of your choosing to follow a
624later version.
625
626 15. Disclaimer of Warranty.
627
628 THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
629APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
630HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM &#34;AS IS&#34; WITHOUT WARRANTY
631OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
632THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
633PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM
634IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF
635ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
636
637 16. Limitation of Liability.
638
639 IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
640WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS
641THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
642GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE
643USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF
644DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD
645PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS),
646EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
647SUCH DAMAGES.
648
649 17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
650
651 If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
652above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
653reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates
654an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
655Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a
656copy of the Program in return for a fee.
657
658 END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
659
660 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
661
662 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
663possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
664free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
665
666 To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
667to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
668state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
669the &#34;copyright&#34; line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
670
671 &lt;one line to give the program&#39;s name and a brief idea of what it does.&gt;
672 Copyright (C) &lt;year&gt; &lt;name of author&gt;
673
674 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
675 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
676 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
677 (at your option) any later version.
678
679 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
680 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
681 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
682 GNU General Public License for more details.
683
684 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
685 along with this program. If not, see &lt;http://www.gnu.org/licenses/&gt;.
686
687Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
688
689 If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short
690notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
691
692 &lt;program&gt; Copyright (C) &lt;year&gt; &lt;name of author&gt;
693 This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w&#39;.
694 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
695 under certain conditions; type `show c&#39; for details.
696
697The hypothetical commands `show w&#39; and `show c&#39; should show the appropriate
698parts of the General Public License. Of course, your program&#39;s commands
699might be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an &#34;about box&#34;.
700
701 You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
702if any, to sign a &#34;copyright disclaimer&#34; for the program, if necessary.
703For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
704&lt;http://www.gnu.org/licenses/&gt;.
705
706 The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program
707into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you
708may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
709the library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
710Public License instead of this License. But first, please read
711&lt;http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html&gt;.</pre>
712 </body>
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