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2 | =head1 NAME |
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4 | perlgpl -- the GNU Public General Public License, version 2 |
5 | |
6 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
7 | |
8 | You can refer to this document in Pod via "L<perlgpl>" |
9 | Or you can see this document by entering "perldoc perlgpl" |
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13 | # Because the following document's language disallows "changing" |
14 | # it, we haven't gone thru and prettied it up with =item's or |
15 | # anything. It's good enough the way it is. |
16 | |
17 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
18 | |
19 | [This is the B<The "GNU General Public License, version 2">. It's here |
20 | so that modules/programs/etc that want to declare this as their |
21 | distribution license, can link to it.] |
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23 | =head1 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE |
24 | |
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25 | GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE |
26 | Version 2, June 1991 |
27 | |
28 | Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
29 | 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA |
30 | 02111-1307, USA. |
31 | Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies |
32 | of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. |
33 | |
34 | Preamble |
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36 | The licenses for most software are designed to take away your |
37 | freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public |
38 | License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free |
39 | software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. This |
40 | General Public License applies to most of the Free Software |
41 | Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to |
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50 | if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it |
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262 | 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in |
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278 | either of that version or of any later version published by the Free |
279 | Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of |
280 | this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software |
281 | Foundation. |
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283 | 10. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free |
284 | programs whose distribution conditions are different, write to the author |
285 | to ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by the Free |
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287 | make exceptions for this. Our decision will be guided by the two goals |
288 | of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and |
289 | of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally. |
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291 | NO WARRANTY |
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293 | 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY |
294 | FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN |
295 | OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES |
296 | PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED |
297 | OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF |
298 | MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS |
299 | TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE |
300 | PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, |
301 | REPAIR OR CORRECTION. |
302 | |
303 | 12. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING |
304 | WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR |
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311 | POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. |
312 | |
313 | END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS |
314 | |
315 | -- |
316 | |
317 | Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs |
318 | |
319 | If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest |
320 | possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it |
321 | free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms. |
322 | |
323 | To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest |
324 | to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively |
325 | convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least |
326 | the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. |
327 | |
328 | <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.> |
329 | Copyright (C) 19yy <name of author> |
330 | |
331 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
332 | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
333 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or |
334 | (at your option) any later version. |
335 | |
336 | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
337 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
338 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
339 | GNU General Public License for more details. |
340 | |
341 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
342 | along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software |
343 | Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. |
344 | |
345 | Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. |
346 | |
347 | If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this |
348 | when it starts in an interactive mode: |
349 | |
350 | Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19yy name of author |
351 | Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'. |
352 | This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it |
353 | under certain conditions; type `show c' for details. |
354 | |
355 | The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate |
356 | parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may |
357 | be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be |
358 | mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program. |
359 | |
360 | You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your |
361 | school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if |
362 | necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names: |
363 | |
364 | Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program |
365 | `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker. |
366 | |
367 | <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989 |
368 | Ty Coon, President of Vice |
369 | |
370 | This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into |
371 | proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may |
372 | consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the |
373 | library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General |
374 | Public License instead of this License. |
375 | |
376 | [End.] |
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