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GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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Version 2.1, February 1999
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Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
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51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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@ -23,8 +22,7 @@ specially designated software packages--typically libraries--of the
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Free Software Foundation and other authors who decide to use it. You
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can use it too, but we suggest you first think carefully about whether
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this license or the ordinary General Public License is the better
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strategy to use in any particular case, based on the explanations
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below.
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strategy to use in any particular case, based on the explanations below.
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When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom of use,
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not price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that
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@ -89,9 +87,9 @@ libraries. However, the Lesser license provides advantages in certain
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special circumstances.
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For example, on rare occasions, there may be a special need to
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encourage the widest possible use of a certain library, so that it
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becomes a de-facto standard. To achieve this, non-free programs must
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be allowed to use the library. A more frequent case is that a free
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encourage the widest possible use of a certain library, so that it becomes
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a de-facto standard. To achieve this, non-free programs must be
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allowed to use the library. A more frequent case is that a free
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library does the same job as widely used non-free libraries. In this
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case, there is little to gain by limiting the free library to free
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software only, so we use the Lesser General Public License.
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@ -138,8 +136,8 @@ included without limitation in the term "modification".)
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"Source code" for a work means the preferred form of the work for
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making modifications to it. For a library, complete source code means
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all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated
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interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control
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compilation and installation of the library.
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interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation
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and installation of the library.
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Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
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covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of
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@ -305,10 +303,10 @@ of these things:
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the user installs one, as long as the modified version is
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interface-compatible with the version that the work was made with.
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c) Accompany the work with a written offer, valid for at least
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three years, to give the same user the materials specified in
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Subsection 6a, above, for a charge no more than the cost of
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performing this distribution.
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c) Accompany the work with a written offer, valid for at
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least three years, to give the same user the materials
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specified in Subsection 6a, above, for a charge no more
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than the cost of performing this distribution.
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d) If distribution of the work is made by offering access to copy
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from a designated place, offer equivalent access to copy the above
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@ -386,10 +384,9 @@ all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then
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the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to
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refrain entirely from distribution of the Library.
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If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under
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any particular circumstance, the balance of the section is intended to
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apply, and the section as a whole is intended to apply in other
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circumstances.
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If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under any
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particular circumstance, the balance of the section is intended to apply,
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and the section as a whole is intended to apply in other circumstances.
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It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any
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patents or other property right claims or to contest validity of any
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@ -407,11 +404,11 @@ be a consequence of the rest of this License.
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12. If the distribution and/or use of the Library is restricted in
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certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
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original copyright holder who places the Library under this License
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may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding those
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countries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among
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countries not thus excluded. In such case, this License incorporates
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the limitation as if written in the body of this License.
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original copyright holder who places the Library under this License may add
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an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding those countries,
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so that distribution is permitted only in or among countries not thus
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excluded. In such case, this License incorporates the limitation as if
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written in the body of this License.
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13. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new
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versions of the Lesser General Public License from time to time.
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Alf Gaida
9 years ago