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568 | repair or correction.} | |
569 | ||
570 | \item | |
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580 | ||
581 | \end{enumerate} | |
582 | ||
583 | ||
584 | \begin{center} | |
585 | {\Large\sc End of Terms and Conditions} | |
586 | \end{center} | |
587 | ||
588 | ||
589 | \pagebreak[2] | |
590 | ||
591 | \section*{Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries} | |
592 | ||
593 | If you develop a new library, and you want it to be of the greatest possible | |
594 | use to the public, we recommend making it free software that everyone can | |
595 | redistribute and change. You can do so by permitting redistribution under | |
596 | these terms (or, alternatively, under the terms of the ordinary General | |
597 | Public License). | |
598 | ||
599 | To apply these terms, attach the following notices to the library. It is | |
600 | safest to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively | |
601 | convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the | |
602 | ``copyright'' line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. | |
603 | ||
604 | \begin{verbatim} | |
605 | <one line to give the library's name and a brief idea of what it does.> | |
606 | Copyright (C) <year> <name of author> | |
607 | ||
608 | This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or | |
609 | modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public | |
610 | License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either | |
611 | version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. | |
612 | ||
613 | This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
614 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
615 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU | |
616 | Lesser General Public License for more details. | |
617 | ||
618 | You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License | |
619 | along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, | |
620 | Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA +02110-1301, USA. | |
621 | \end{verbatim} | |
622 | ||
623 | Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. | |
624 | ||
625 | You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your | |
626 | school, if any, to sign a ``copyright disclaimer'' for the library, if | |
627 | necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names: | |
628 | ||
629 | \begin{verbatim} | |
630 | Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the | |
631 | library `Frob' (a library for tweaking knobs) written by James | |
632 | Random Hacker. | |
633 | ||
634 | <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1990 | |
635 | Ty Coon, President of Vice | |
636 | \end{verbatim} | |
637 | ||
638 | That's all there is to it! | |
639 | ||
640 | \gplend |