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561 section
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564 14. Revised Versions of this License.
566 The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the
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569 detail to address new problems or concerns.
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589 15. Disclaimer of Warranty.
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600 16. Limitation of Liability.
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605 GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE
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612 17. Interpretation of Sections
15 and
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614 If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided above
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623 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
625 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest possible
626 use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it free software
627 which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
629 To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to
630 attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively state the
631 exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the
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635 <em class=
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638 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
639 it under the terms of the
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649 along with this program. If not, see
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651 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
653 If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short notice like
654 this when it starts in an interactive mode:
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656 <em class=
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658 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
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661 The hypothetical commands ‘
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662 ‘
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663 the General Public License. Of course, your program’s commands might be
664 different; for a GUI interface, you would use an “about box”.
666 You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
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668 necessary. For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the
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670 <a class=
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672 The
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673 incorporating your program into proprietary programs. If your program is a
674 subroutine library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking
675 proprietary applications with the library. If this is what you want to do,
676 use the
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