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1 | @c The GNU Lesser General Public License. |
2 | @center Version 3, 29 June 2007 | |
3 | ||
4 | @c This file is intended to be included within another document, | |
5 | @c hence no sectioning command or @node. | |
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12 | @end display | |
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16 | License, supplemented by the additional permissions listed below. | |
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22 | General Public License, and the ``GNU GPL'' refers to version 3 of the GNU | |
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28 | An ``Application'' is any work that makes use of an interface provided | |
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33 | A ``Combined Work'' is a work produced by combining or linking an | |
34 | Application with the Library. The particular version of the Library | |
35 | with which the Combined Work was made is also called the ``Linked | |
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53 | @item Conveying Modified Versions. | |
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61 | @enumerate a | |
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64 | ensure that, in the event an Application does not supply the | |
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86 | covered by this License. | |
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88 | Accompany the object code with a copy of the GNU GPL and this license | |
89 | document. | |
90 | @end enumerate | |
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92 | @item Combined Works. | |
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97 | engineering for debugging such modifications, if you also do each of | |
98 | the following: | |
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100 | @enumerate a | |
101 | @item | |
102 | Give prominent notice with each copy of the Combined Work that | |
103 | the Library is used in it and that the Library and its use are | |
104 | covered by this License. | |
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106 | Accompany the Combined Work with a copy of the GNU GPL and this license | |
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146 | @end enumerate | |
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190 | @end enumerate |