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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.
 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Foundation.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sharing
andreuseofsoftwaregenerally.