(1) If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it free
software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
(2) To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to attach
them to the start of each source file to most effectively convey the exclusion of
warranty; and each file should have at least the "copyright" line and a pointer
to where the full notice is found.
<one line to give the program's name and an idea of what it does.>
Copyright (C) <yyyy> <name of author>
(3) This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any
later version.
(4) This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
License for more details.
(5) You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation Inc; 51
Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
(6) Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
(7) If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this when it
starts in an interactive mode:
Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year
name of author Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for
details type `show w'.
(8) This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
conditions; type `show c' for details.
(9) The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the
appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands
you use may be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could
even be mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
(10) You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary.
Here is a sample; alter the names:
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