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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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.