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going to now integrate the gb src tree since it has no dependencies
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:44:47 -0600
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rlm@8 623 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
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rlm@8 625 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
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rlm@8 627 free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
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rlm@8 629 To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
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rlm@8 631 state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
rlm@8 632 the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
rlm@8 633
rlm@8 634 <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
rlm@8 635 Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
rlm@8 636
rlm@8 637 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
rlm@8 638 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
rlm@8 639 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
rlm@8 640 (at your option) any later version.
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rlm@8 642 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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rlm@8 647 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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rlm@8 649
rlm@8 650 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
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rlm@8 652 If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short
rlm@8 653 notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
rlm@8 654
rlm@8 655 <program> Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
rlm@8 656 This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
rlm@8 657 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
rlm@8 658 under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
rlm@8 659
rlm@8 660 The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
rlm@8 661 parts of the General Public License. Of course, your program's commands
rlm@8 662 might be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an "about box".
rlm@8 663
rlm@8 664 You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
rlm@8 665 if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary.
rlm@8 666 For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
rlm@8 667 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
rlm@8 668
rlm@8 669 The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program
rlm@8 670 into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you
rlm@8 671 may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
rlm@8 672 the library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
rlm@8 673 Public License instead of this License. But first, please read
rlm@8 674 <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html>.