User's Manual

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Finally,anyfreeprogramisthreatenedconstantlybysoftwarepatents.
Wewish toavoidthe dangerthatredistributorsofa freeprogram
willindividuallyobtainpatentlicenses,ineectmakingtheprogram
proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any patent must
belicensedforeveryone'sfreeuseornotlicensedatall.
Theprecisetermsandconditionsforcopying,distributionand
modicationfollow.
Terms & conditions for copying, distribution, & modication
0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains a
noticeplacedbythecopyrightholdersayingitmaybedistributed
underthetermsofthisGeneralPublicLicense.The“Program”,below,
refers toanysuchprogramorwork,and a“workbased onthe
Program” means either the Program or any derivative work under
copyright law: that is to say, a work containing the Program or a
portionofit,eitherverbatimorwithmodicationsand/ortranslated
intoanotherlanguage.(Hereinafter,translationisincludedwithout
limitationintheterm“modication”.)Eachlicenseeisaddressedas
“ y o u ”.
 Activitiesotherthan copying, distributionand modicationare
notcoveredbythisLicense;theyareoutsideitsscope.Theactof
runningthe Programis notrestricted,and theoutput fromthe
Programiscoveredonlyifitscontentsconstituteaworkbasedon
theProgram(independentofhavingbeenmadebyrunningthe
Program). Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.
1.Youmaycopyand distributeverbatimcopies ofthe Program's
source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that
youconspicuouslyandappropriatelypublish oneach copyan
appropriatecopyrightnoticeand disclaimerof warranty;keep
intactallthenoticesthatrefertothisLicenseandtotheabsence
ofanywarranty;andgiveanyotherrecipientsofthePrograma
copyofthisLicensealongwiththeProgram.