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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inter-
faces,theoriginalcopyrightholderwhoplacestheProgram
underthisLicensemayaddanexplicitgeographicaldistribu-
tion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Founda-
tion.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shar-
ingandreuseofsoftwaregenerally.