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1 – Introduction
General Public License
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How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
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;
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 an idea of what it does.
Copyright (C) yyyy name of author
This program is free software; you can redistribute 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.
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., 59 Temple Place -
Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
Also 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 interactive 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’ show the appropriate parts of
the General Public License. Of course, the commands 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 necessary. 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