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1 This program is released under the GPL with the additional exemption that
2 compiling, linking, and/or using OpenSSL is allowed. You may provide
3 binary packages linked to the OpenSSL libraries, provided that all other
4 requirements of the GPL are met.
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6 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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8 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
9 Version 2, June 1991
10
11 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
12 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
13 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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15
16 Preamble
17
18 The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
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46 We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and
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66 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
67 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
68
69 0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains
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86 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
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267 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
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278 WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
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286
287 END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
288
289 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
290
291 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
292 possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
293 free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
294
295 To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
296 to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
297 convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
298 the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
299
300 <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
301 Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
302
303 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
304 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
305 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
306 (at your option) any later version.
307
308 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
309 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
310 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
311 GNU General Public License for more details.
312
313 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
314 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
315 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
316
317
318 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
319
320 If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
321 when it starts in an interactive mode:
322
323 Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
324 Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
325 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
326 under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
327
328 The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
329 parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may
330 be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
331 mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
332
333 You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
334 school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
335 necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
336
337 Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
338 `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
339
340 <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
341 Ty Coon, President of Vice
342
343 This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
344 proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
345 consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
346 library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
347 Public License instead of this License.