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, & modification
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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.
 Youmaychargeafeeforthephysicalactoftransferringa
copy, and you may at your option offer warranty protection in