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589 Program specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU General
590 Public License "or any later version" applies to it, you have the
591 option of following the terms and conditions either of that numbered
592 version or of any later version published by the Free Software
593 Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of the
594 GNU General Public License, you may choose any version ever published
595 by the Free Software Foundation.
596 
597  If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future
598 versions of the GNU General Public License can be used, that proxy's
599 public statement of acceptance of a version permanently authorizes you
600 to choose that version for the Program.
601 
602  Later license versions may give you additional or different
603 permissions. However, no additional obligations are imposed on any
604 author or copyright holder as a result of your choosing to follow a
605 later version.
606 
607  15. Disclaimer of Warranty.
608 
609  THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
610 APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
611 HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
612 OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
613 THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
614 PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM
615 IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF
616 ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
617 
618  16. Limitation of Liability.
619 
620  IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
621 WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS
622 THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
623 GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE
624 USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF
625 DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD
626 PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS),
627 EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
628 SUCH DAMAGES.
629 
630  17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
631 
632  If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
633 above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
634 reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates
635 an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
636 Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a
637 copy of the Program in return for a fee.
638 
639  END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
640 
641  How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
642 
643  If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
644 possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
645 free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
646 
647  To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
648 to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
649 state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
650 the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
651 
652  <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
653  Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
654 
655  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
656  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
657  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
658  (at your option) any later version.
659 
660  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
661  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
662  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
663  GNU General Public License for more details.
664 
665  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
666  along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
667 
668 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
669 
670  If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short
671 notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
672 
673  <program> Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
674  This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
675  This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
676  under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
677 
678 The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
679 parts of the General Public License. Of course, your program's commands
680 might be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an "about box".
681 
682  You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
683 if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary.
684 For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
685 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
686 
687  The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program
688 into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you
689 may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
690 the library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
691 Public License instead of this License. But first, please read
692 <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html>.