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code. (This alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you received the
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code.
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automatically terminate your rights under this License. However, parties who have received copies, or
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(not limited to patent issues), conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
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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
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