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11 | <H3>GNU Lesser General Public License</H3>
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13 | <P>Version 2.1, February 1999</P>
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367 | the section as a whole is intended to apply in other circumstances.
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368 | </P>
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369 | <P>It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any patents or
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370 | other property right claims or to contest validity of any such claims; this
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371 | section has the sole purpose of protecting the integrity of the free software
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372 | distribution system which is implemented by public license practices. Many
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373 | people have made generous contributions to the wide range of software
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374 | distributed through that system in reliance on consistent application of that
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375 | system; it is up to the author/donor to decide if he or she is willing to
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376 | distribute software through any other system and a licensee cannot impose that
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377 | choice.
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378 | </P>
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379 | <P>This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to be a
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380 | consequence of the rest of this License.
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381 | </P>
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382 | <P><STRONG>12.</STRONG> If the distribution and/or use of the Library is restricted
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383 | in certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
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384 | original copyright holder who places the Library under this License may add an
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385 | explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding those countries, so
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386 | that distribution is permitted only in or among countries not thus excluded. In
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387 | such case, this License incorporates the limitation as if written in the body
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388 | of this License.
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389 | </P>
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390 | <P><STRONG>13.</STRONG> The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new
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391 | versions of the Lesser General Public License from time to time. Such new
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392 | versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in
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393 | detail to address new problems or concerns.</P>
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394 | <P>Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Library specifies
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395 | a version number of this License which applies to it and "any later version",
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396 | you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that
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397 | version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If
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398 | the Library does not specify a license version number, you may choose any
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399 | version ever published by the Free Software Foundation.
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400 | </P>
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401 | <P><STRONG>14.</STRONG> If you wish to incorporate parts of the Library into other
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403 | to the author to ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by the
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404 | Free Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes
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405 | make exceptions for this. Our decision will be guided by the two goals of
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406 | preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and of
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407 | promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.
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408 | </P>
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409 | <P>NO WARRANTY
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410 | </P>
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411 | <P><STRONG>15. </STRONG>BECAUSE THE LIBRARY IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO
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412 | WARRANTY FOR THE LIBRARY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT
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415 | IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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417 | QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE LIBRARY IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE LIBRARY PROVE
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418 | DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR
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419 | CORRECTION.
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420 | </P>
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421 | <P><STRONG>16.</STRONG> IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO
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422 | IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
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423 | REDISTRIBUTE THE LIBRARY AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
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425 | OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE LIBRARY (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS
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426 | OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD
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427 | PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE LIBRARY TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE), EVEN
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428 | IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
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429 | DAMAGES.
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430 | </P>
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431 | <H4><STRONG>END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS</STRONG></H4>
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