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rangeofsoftwaredistributedthroughthatsysteminreliance
onconsistentapplicationofthatsystem;itisuptotheauthor/
donortodecideifheorsheiswillingtodistributesoftware
through any other system and a licensee cannot impose that
choice.
This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is
believedtobeaconsequenceoftherestofthisLicense.
8. Ifthedistributionand/oruseoftheProgramisrestricted
in certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted
interfaces,theoriginalcopyrightholderwhoplacesthe
Program under this License may add an explicit geographical
distribution limitation excluding those countries, so that
distribution is permitted only in or among countries not thus
excluded. In such case, this License incorporates the limitation
asifwritteninthebodyofthisLicense.
9. TheFreeSoftwareFoundationmaypublishrevisedand/
ornewversionsoftheGeneralPublicLicensefromtimeto
time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present
version, but may dier in detail to address new problems or
concerns.
 Eachversionisgivenadistinguishingversionnumber.Ifthe
ProgramspeciesaversionnumberofthisLicensewhich
appliestoitand“anylaterversion”,youhavetheoptionof
followingthetermsandconditionseitherofthatversionorof
anylaterversionpublishedbytheFreeSoftwareFoundation.
IftheProgramdoesnotspecifyaversionnumberofthis
License, you may choose any version ever published by the
FreeSoftwareFoundation.
10.IfyouwishtoincorporatepartsoftheProgramintootherfree
programs whose distribution conditions are dierent, write to
theauthortoaskforpermission.
 ForsoftwarewhichiscopyrightedbytheFreeSoftware
Foundation,writetotheFreeSoftwareFoundation;we
sometimesmakeexceptionsforthis.Ourdecisionwillbe
guidedbythetwogoalsofpreservingthefreestatusofall
derivativesofourfreesoftwareandofpromotingthesharing
andreuseofsoftwaregenerally.