User's Manual

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grantedherein.Youarenotresponsibleforenforcingcompliance
by third parties to this License.
7. If,asaconsequenceofacourtjudgmentorallegationofpatent
infringementorforanyotherreason(notlimitedtopatent
issues), conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order,
agreementorotherwise)thatcontradicttheconditionsofthis
License,theydonotexcuseyoufromtheconditionsofthis
License.Ifyoucannotdistributesoastosatisfysimultaneously
your obligations under this License and any other pertinent
obligations, then as a consequence you may not distribute the
Programatall.Forexample,ifapatentlicensewouldnotpermit
royalty-freeredistributionoftheProgrambyallthosewho
receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then the only
wayyoucouldsatisfybothitandthisLicensewouldbetorefrain
entirelyfromdistributionoftheProgram.
Ifanyportionofthissectionisheldinvalidorunenforceable
underanyparticularcircumstance,thebalanceofthesection
is intended to apply and the section as a whole is intended to
apply in other circumstances.
Itisnotthepurposeofthissectiontoinduceyoutoinfringeany
patentsorotherpropertyrightclaimsortocontestvalidityof
anysuchclaims;thissectionhasthesolepurposeofprotecting
theintegrityofthefreesoftwaredistributionsystem,whichis
implemented by public license practices. Many people have
madegenerouscontributionstothewide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