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, & modifica-
tion
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 “you”.
 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Pro-
gram’ssourcecodeasyoureceiveit,inanymedium,pro-
vided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.