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12 | Version 2.1, February 1999 |
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14 | Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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16 | Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies |
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17 | of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. |
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19 | [This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL. It also counts |
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20 | as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence the |
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21 | version number 2.1.] |
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22 | |
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23 | Preamble |
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24 | |
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25 | The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to |
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26 | share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public Licenses are |
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27 | intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software--to |
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28 | make sure the software is free for all its users. |
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30 | This license, the Lesser General Public License, applies to some |
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31 | specially designated software packages--typically libraries--of the Free |
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32 | Software Foundation and other authors who decide to use it. You can use |
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33 | it too, but we suggest you first think carefully about whether this |
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34 | license or the ordinary General Public License is the better strategy to |
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35 | use in any particular case, based on the explanations below. |
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37 | When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom of use, not |
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38 | price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you |
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39 | have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for |
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40 | this service if you wish); that you receive source code or can get it if |
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41 | you want it; that you can change the software and use pieces of it in |
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42 | new free programs; and that you are informed that you can do these |
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43 | things. |
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45 | To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid |
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46 | distributors to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender these |
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47 | rights. These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you |
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48 | if you distribute copies of the library or if you modify it. |
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49 | |
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50 | For example, if you distribute copies of the library, whether gratis or |
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51 | for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that we gave you. |
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52 | You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source code. |
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53 | If you link other code with the library, you must provide complete |
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54 | object files to the recipients, so that they can relink them with the |
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55 | library after making changes to the library and recompiling it. And you |
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56 | must show them these terms so they know their rights. |
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58 | We protect your rights with a two-step method: (1) we copyright the |
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59 | library, and (2) we offer you this license, which gives you legal |
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60 | permission to copy, distribute and/or modify the library. |
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61 | |
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62 | To protect each distributor, we want to make it very clear that there is |
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63 | no warranty for the free library. Also, if the library is modified by |
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64 | someone else and passed on, the recipients should know that what they |
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65 | have is not the original version, so that the original author's |
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66 | reputation will not be affected by problems that might be introduced by |
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67 | others. |
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69 | Finally, software patents pose a constant threat to the existence of any |
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70 | free program. We wish to make sure that a company cannot effectively |
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71 | restrict the users of a free program by obtaining a restrictive license |
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72 | from a patent holder. Therefore, we insist that any patent license |
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73 | obtained for a version of the library must be consistent with the full |
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74 | freedom of use specified in this license. |
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76 | Most GNU software, including some libraries, is covered by the ordinary |
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77 | GNU General Public License. This license, the GNU Lesser General Public |
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78 | License, applies to certain designated libraries, and is quite different |
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79 | from the ordinary General Public License. We use this license for |
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80 | certain libraries in order to permit linking those libraries into |
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81 | non-free programs. |
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83 | When a program is linked with a library, whether statically or using a |
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84 | shared library, the combination of the two is legally speaking a |
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85 | combined work, a derivative of the original library. The ordinary |
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86 | General Public License therefore permits such linking only if the entire |
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87 | combination fits its criteria of freedom. The Lesser General Public |
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88 | License permits more lax criteria for linking other code with the |
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89 | library. |
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91 | We call this license the "Lesser" General Public License because it does |
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92 | Less to protect the user's freedom than the ordinary General Public |
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93 | License. It also provides other free software developers Less of an |
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94 | advantage over competing non-free programs. These disadvantages are the |
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95 | reason we use the ordinary General Public License for many libraries. |
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96 | However, the Lesser license provides advantages in certain special |
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97 | circumstances. |
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99 | For example, on rare occasions, there may be a special need to encourage |
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100 | the widest possible use of a certain library, so that it becomes a |
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101 | de-facto standard. To achieve this, non-free programs must be allowed to |
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102 | use the library. A more frequent case is that a free library does the |
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103 | same job as widely used non-free libraries. In this case, there is |
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104 | little to gain by limiting the free library to free software only, so we |
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105 | use the Lesser General Public License. |
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107 | In other cases, permission to use a particular library in non-free |
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108 | programs enables a greater number of people to use a large body of free |
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109 | software. For example, permission to use the GNU C Library in non-free |
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110 | programs enables many more people to use the whole GNU operating system, |
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111 | as well as its variant, the GNU/Linux operating system. |
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113 | Although the Lesser General Public License is Less protective of the |
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114 | users' freedom, it does ensure that the user of a program that is linked |
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115 | with the Library has the freedom and the wherewithal to run that program |
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116 | using a modified version of the Library. |
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118 | The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and |
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119 | modification follow. Pay close attention to the difference between a |
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182 | in the event an application does not supply such function or |
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188 | Therefore, Subsection 2d requires that any application-supplied function |
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189 | or table used by this function must be optional: if the application does |
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191 | roots.) |
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196 | themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to those |
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204 | contest your rights to work written entirely by you; rather, the intent |
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215 | this, you must alter all the notices that refer to this License, so that |
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217 | instead of to this License. (If a newer version than version 2 of the |
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219 | that version instead if you wish.) Do not make any other change in these |
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220 | notices. |
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223 | copy, so the ordinary GNU General Public License applies to all |
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224 | subsequent copies and derivative works made from that copy. |
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227 | Library into a program that is not a library. |
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282 | this License. You must supply a copy of this License. If the work during |
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287 | a) Accompany the work with the complete corresponding |
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290 | Sections 1 and 2 above); and, if the work is an executable linked |
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293 | user can modify the Library and then relink to produce a modified |
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294 | executable containing the modified Library. (It is understood that |
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295 | the user who changes the contents of definitions files in the |
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297 | to use the modified definitions.) |
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298 | b) Use a suitable shared library mechanism for linking with the |
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301 | rather than copying library functions into the executable, and (2) |
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304 | interface-compatible with the version that the work was made with. |
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308 | performing this distribution. |
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310 | from a designated place, offer equivalent access to copy the above |
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311 | specified materials from the same place. |
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324 | of other proprietary libraries that do not normally accompany the |
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328 | 7. You may place library facilities that are a work based on the Library |
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329 | side-by-side in a single library together with other library facilities |
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330 | not covered by this License, and distribute such a combined library, |
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331 | provided that the separate distribution of the work based on the Library |
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332 | and of the other library facilities is otherwise permitted, and provided |
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334 | |
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336 | based on the Library, uncombined with any other library |
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338 | Sections above. |
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339 | b) Give prominent notice with the combined library of the fact |
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340 | that part of it is a work based on the Library, and explaining |
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343 | 8. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, link with, or distribute the |
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344 | Library except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt |
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346 | Library is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this |
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347 | License. However, parties who have received copies, or rights, from you |
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348 | under this License will not have their licenses terminated so long as |
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349 | such parties remain in full compliance. |
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356 | Library), you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so, and all |
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361 | Library), the recipient automatically receives a license from the |
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362 | original licensor to copy, distribute, link with or modify the Library |
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366 | this License. |
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372 | excuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot distribute |
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387 | patents or other property right claims or to contest validity of any |
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388 | such claims; this section has the sole purpose of protecting the |
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389 | integrity of the free software distribution system which is implemented |
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390 | by public license practices. Many people have made generous |
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391 | contributions to the wide range of software distributed through that |
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392 | system in reliance on consistent application of that system; it is up to |
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393 | the author/donor to decide if he or she is willing to distribute |
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398 | a consequence of the rest of this License. |
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409 | of the Lesser General Public License from time to time. Such new |
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415 | later version", you have the option of following the terms and |
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418 | version number, you may choose any version ever published by the Free |
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419 | Software Foundation. |
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422 | programs whose distribution conditions are incompatible with these, |
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423 | write to the author to ask for permission. For software which is |
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424 | copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, write to the Free Software |
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425 | Foundation; we sometimes make exceptions for this. Our decision will be |
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426 | guided by the two goals of preserving the free status of all derivatives |
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427 | of our free software and of promoting the sharing and reuse of software |
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428 | generally. |
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430 | NO WARRANTY |
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432 | 15. BECAUSE THE LIBRARY IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY |
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433 | FOR THE LIBRARY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN |
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434 | OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES |
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435 | PROVIDE THE LIBRARY "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER |
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436 | EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED |
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439 | YOU. SHOULD THE LIBRARY PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL |
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440 | NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. |
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443 | WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY |
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444 | AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE LIBRARY AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR |
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445 | DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL |
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446 | DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE LIBRARY |
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447 | (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED |
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448 | INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF |
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449 | THE LIBRARY TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR |
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450 | OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. |