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8.
9.
If, as a consequence
of a court
judgment
or allegation
of
patent
infringement
or for any other reason (not limited to
patent
issues), conditions
are imposed
on you (whether
by
court order, agreement or otherwise)
that contradict
the con-
ditions
of this license, they do not excuse you from the con-
ditions of this license. If you cannot distribute
so as to satis-
fy simultaneously
your obligations
under this license and any
other pertinent
obligations,
then as a consequence
you may
not distribute
the program at all. For example, if a patent
license would not permit
royalty-free
redistribution
of the
program by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly
through you, then the only way you could satisfy both it and
this license would be to refrain entirely
from distribution
of
the program.
If any portion
of this section is held invalid or unenforceable
under any particular
circumstance, the balance of the section
is intended to apply and the section as a whole is intended to
apply in other circumstances.
It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe
any patents or other property
right claims or to contest valid-
ity of any such claims; this section has the sole purpose
of
protecting
the integrity
of the free software distribution
sys-
tem, which is implemented
by public license practices. Many
people have made generous contributions
to the wide range
of software
distributed
through
that system in reliance
on
consistent
application
of that
system;
it
is up to
the
author/donor
to decide
if he or she is willing to distribute
software
through
any other
system and a licensee cannot
impose that choice.
This section
is intended
to make thoroughly
clear what is
believed to be a consequence
of the rest of this license.
If the distribution
and/or
use of the program is restricted
in
certain countries
either
by patents or by copyrighted
inter-
faces, the original
copyright
holder who places the program
under this license may add an explicit geographical
distribution
limitation
excluding
those countries,
so that distribution
is
permitted
only in or among countries
not thus excluded. In
such case, this license incorporates
the limitation
as if written
in the body of this license.
The Free Software
Foundation
may publish
revised and/or
new versions of the General Public License from time to time.
Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present ver-
sion, but may differ in detail to address new problems or con-
cerns.
Each version is given a distinguishing
version number.
If the
program
specifies
a version
number
of this
license which
applies to it and "any later version", you have the option
of
following the terms and conditions
either of that version or of
any later version published
by the Free Software Foundation.
If the program
does not specify
a version
number of this
license, you may choose any version ever published
by the
Free Software Foundation.
lO.If you wish to incorporate
parts of the program into other free
programs whose distribution
conditions
are different, write to
the author to ask for permission.
For software which is copy-
righted
by the Free Software
Foundation,
write to the Free
Software Foundatiom we sometimes make exceptions
for this.
Our decision will be guided by the two goals of preserving the
free status of all derivatives
of our free software and of pro-
moting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
NO WARRANTY
11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE,
THERE IS NO WARRANTY
FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE
EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN
OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
HOLD-
ERS 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 PERFORMANCE
OF THE
PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE
DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY
SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
12.1N NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR
AGREED TO IN WRITING 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 PRO-
GRAM (INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA
OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUS-
TAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE
PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS),
EVEN IF SUCH
HOLDER
OR OTHER
PARTY HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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