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we want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original,
so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the
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Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software patents.
We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will
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must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all.
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Distribution and Modification
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means either the Program or any derivative work under copyright law:
that is to say, a work containing the Program or a portion of it,
either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into another
language.
the term "modification".)
Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
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running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program
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1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source
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and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice
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You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and
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If the software is modified by someone else and passed on,
To prevent this, we have made it clear that any patent
(Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in
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Each licensee is addressed as "you".
The "Program", below,
The act of
