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of all derivatives of our free software and of
promoting the sharing and reuse of software
generally.
NO WARRANTY
11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED
FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WAR-
RANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EX-
TENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN
WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE
PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE
RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PER-
FORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH
YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE
DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF
ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR
OR CORRECTION.
12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY AP-
PLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRIT-
ING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR
ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY
AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM
AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO
YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE
THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA
BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR
LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD
PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PRO-
GRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER
OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAM-
AGES.
END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
How to Apply These Terms to Your New Pro-
grams
If you develop a new program, and you want it
to be of the greatest possible use to the public,
the best way to achieve this is to make it free
software which everyone can redistribute and
change under these terms.
To do so, attach the following notices to the
program. It is safest to attach them to the start
of each source file to most effectively convey
the exclusion of warranty; and each file should
have at least the "copyright" line and a pointer to
where the full notice is found.
<one line to give the program's name and a
brief idea of what it does.>
Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
This program is free software; you can redis-
tribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it
will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
without even the implied warranty of MER-
CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU
General Public License along with this program;
if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc.,51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
02110-1301 USA.
Also add information on how to contact you by
electronic and paper mail.
If the program is interactive, make it output a
short notice like this when it starts in an interac-
tive mode:
Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year
name of author
Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO
WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
This is free software, and you are welcome
to redistribute it under certain conditions; type
`show c' for details.
The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show
c' should show the appropriate parts of the
General Public License. Of course, the com-
mands you use may be called something other
than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your
program.
You should also get your employer (if you work
as a programmer) or your school, if any, to sign a
"copyright disclaimer" for the program, if neces-
sary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright
interest in the program 'Gnomovision' (which
makes passes at compilers) written by James
Hacker.
<signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
Ty Coon, President of Vice
This General Public License does not permit
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