changeset 326:e5636b1740f8

add GPL v2 license
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:29:04 +0000
parents 9ba3959b261b
children eb7c94a03188
files COPYING
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     1.4 +                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
     1.5 +                       Version 2, June 1991
     1.6 +
     1.7 + Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
     1.8 + 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
     1.9 + Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
    1.10 + of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
    1.11 +
    1.12 +                            Preamble
    1.13 +
    1.14 +  The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
    1.15 +freedom to share and change it.  By contrast, the GNU General Public
    1.16 +License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free
    1.17 +software--to make sure the software is free for all its users.  This
    1.18 +General Public License applies to most of the Free Software
    1.19 +Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to
    1.20 +using it.  (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by
    1.21 +the GNU Lesser General Public License instead.)  You can apply it to
    1.22 +your programs, too.
    1.23 +
    1.24 +  When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
    1.25 +price.  Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
    1.26 +have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for
    1.27 +this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it
    1.28 +if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it
    1.29 +in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.
    1.30 +
    1.31 +  To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
    1.32 +anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights.
    1.33 +These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you
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    1.35 +
    1.36 +  For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
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    1.42 +  We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and
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    1.62 +                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
    1.63 +   TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
    1.64 +
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   1.231 +
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   1.239 +
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   1.282 +
   1.283 +                     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
   1.284 +
   1.285 +            How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
   1.286 +
   1.287 +  If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
   1.288 +possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
   1.289 +free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
   1.290 +
   1.291 +  To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest
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   1.294 +the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
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   1.297 +    Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
   1.298 +
   1.299 +    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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   1.311 +    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
   1.312 +
   1.313 +Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
   1.314 +
   1.315 +If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
   1.316 +when it starts in an interactive mode:
   1.317 +
   1.318 +    Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
   1.319 +    Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
   1.320 +    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
   1.321 +    under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
   1.322 +
   1.323 +The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
   1.324 +parts of the General Public License.  Of course, the commands you use may
   1.325 +be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
   1.326 +mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
   1.327 +
   1.328 +You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
   1.329 +school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
   1.330 +necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:
   1.331 +
   1.332 +  Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
   1.333 +  `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
   1.334 +
   1.335 +  <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
   1.336 +  Ty Coon, President of Vice
   1.337 +
   1.338 +This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
   1.339 +proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you may
   1.340 +consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
   1.341 +library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
   1.342 +Public License instead of this License.