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which e veryone can r edistr ib ute and change unde r these terms.
T o do so, at tach the f ollow ing notices t o the prog ram. It is saf est t o at tach
them to the st art of each source f ile to most ef fectiv ely conv ey the e xclusion
of warr anty; and each f ile sh ould ha ve a t least the “cop yright” line and a
pointer to wher e the ful l notice is f ound.
<one line to giv e the program’ s name and a brief idea of what it does .>
Cop yr ight © <year > <name of author>
This progr am is fr ee sof tware; y ou can r edistri but e it and/or modi fy it
under the t erms of the GNU General P ub lic License as pub lished by the
F r ee Sof tware F oundation; eit her ver sion 2 of the License , or (at y our
option) any lat er ve rsion.
This prog ram is distrib ut ed in the hop e that it w ill be usefu l, b ut
WITHOUT ANY W ARRANTY ; without e ven the implied w arranty of
MERCHANT ABILITY or FI TNESS FOR A P ARTICULAR P URPOSE.
See the GNU General P ublic License f or more det ails.
Y ou should hav e r eceiv ed a cop y of th e GNU Gener al P ub lic License
along wit h this prog ram; if not, wr it e to the F ree Sof tware F oundation ,
Inc., 51 F ran klin Str eet, F if th Floor , Boston, MA 021 1 0-1 30 1 USA.
Also add inf ormation on how to co ntact y ou by elect ronic and paper mail.
If the prog ram is int eractiv e, mak e it output a short notice like this when it
starts in an interactiv e mode:
Gnomovision v er sion 69, Cop yright © year name of aut hor
Gnomovision comes w ith ABSOLUTEL Y NO W ARRANTY ; for det ails
type ‘show w’ . This is free sof tware, and you ar e welcome to r edistr ibut e
it under certain conditions; type ‘show c’ for details .
The hy pothetical commands ‘show w’ and ‘sh ow c’ should show th e
appropr iate par ts of the Ge neral P ublic License. Of cour se, the commands
you use ma y be called something other than ‘sho w w’ and ‘show c’; the y
could e ven be mouse-clic ks or menu items—what e v er suits yo ur pro gram.
Y ou should also get your emplo yer (if you work as a pr ogra mmer) or your
school, if any , to sign a “cop yrig ht disclaimer” f or the pro gram, if nece ssary .
Here is a sample; alte r the names:
Y oyodyne , Inc., her eby disclaims all cop yright inter est in the pr ogram
‘Gnomovision ’ (which makes passes at compilers) writ ten by Ja mes
Hack er .
<signature of T y Coon>, 1 Apri l 1 989
T y Coon, P resident of Vice
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