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Version 2, February 2002
Copyright 1999-2002
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Appendix: 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; and 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 a
brief idea of what it does.> Copyright (C)
19yy <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.
This program is distributed in the hope that
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You should have received a copy of the GNU
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if not, write to the Free Software
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02139, USA.
Also add 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) 19yy
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' should 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
This General Public License does not permit
incorporating your program into proprietary
programs. If your program is a subroutine
library, you may consider it more useful to
permit linking proprietary applications with the
library. If this is what you want to do, use the
GNU Library General Public License instead of
this License.
Copyright © 1999-2002 Model Masters
Inc.. Copying and distribution permitted under
the GNU General Public License. 1998/12/11
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