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1 harbaum 1 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
2     Version 3, 29 June 2007
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543     otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not
544     excuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot convey a
545     covered work so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this
546     License and any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you may
547     not convey it at all. For example, if you agree to terms that obligate you
548     to collect a royalty for further conveying from those to whom you convey
549     the Program, the only way you could satisfy both those terms and this
550     License would be to refrain entirely from conveying the Program.
551    
552     13. Use with the GNU Affero General Public License.
553    
554     Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, you have
555     permission to link or combine any covered work with a work licensed
556     under version 3 of the GNU Affero General Public License into a single
557     combined work, and to convey the resulting work. The terms of this
558     License will continue to apply to the part which is the covered work,
559     but the special requirements of the GNU Affero General Public License,
560     section 13, concerning interaction through a network will apply to the
561     combination as such.
562    
563     14. Revised Versions of this License.
564    
565     The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of
566     the GNU General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will
567     be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to
568     address new problems or concerns.
569    
570     Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the
571     Program specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU General
572     Public License "or any later version" applies to it, you have the
573     option of following the terms and conditions either of that numbered
574     version or of any later version published by the Free Software
575     Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of the
576     GNU General Public License, you may choose any version ever published
577     by the Free Software Foundation.
578    
579     If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future
580     versions of the GNU General Public License can be used, that proxy's
581     public statement of acceptance of a version permanently authorizes you
582     to choose that version for the Program.
583    
584     Later license versions may give you additional or different
585     permissions. However, no additional obligations are imposed on any
586     author or copyright holder as a result of your choosing to follow a
587     later version.
588    
589     15. Disclaimer of Warranty.
590    
591     THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
592     APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
593     HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
594     OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
595     THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
596     PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM
597     IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF
598     ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
599    
600     16. Limitation of Liability.
601    
602     IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
603     WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS
604     THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
605     GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE
606     USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF
607     DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD
608     PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS),
609     EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
610     SUCH DAMAGES.
611    
612     17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
613    
614     If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
615     above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
616     reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates
617     an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
618     Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a
619     copy of the Program in return for a fee.
620    
621     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
622    
623     How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
624    
625     If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
626     possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
627     free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
628    
629     To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
630     to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
631     state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
632     the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
633    
634     <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
635     Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
636    
637     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
638     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
639     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
640     (at your option) any later version.
641    
642     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
643     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
644     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
645     GNU General Public License for more details.
646    
647     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
648     along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
649    
650     Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
651    
652     If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short
653     notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
654    
655     <program> Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
656     This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
657     This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
658     under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
659    
660     The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
661     parts of the General Public License. Of course, your program's commands
662     might be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an "about box".
663    
664     You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
665     if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary.
666     For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
667     <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
668    
669     The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program
670     into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you
671     may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
672     the library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
673     Public License instead of this License. But first, please read
674     <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html>.