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| 11 | <H3>GNU Lesser General Public License</H3> |
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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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| 402 | free programs whose distribution conditions are incompatible with these, write |
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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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| 413 | WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES |
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| 414 | PROVIDE THE LIBRARY "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR |
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| 415 | IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF |
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| 416 | MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE |
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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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| 424 | INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT |
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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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| 432 | </TT> |
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