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I f any por t i on of t hi s sect i on i s hel d i nval i d or unenf or ceabl e under any par t i cul ar ci r cumst ance, t he
bal ance of t he sect i on i s i nt ended t o appl y, and t he sect i on as a whol e i s i nt ended t o appl y i n ot her
ci r cumst ances.
I t i s not t he pur pose of t hi s sect i on t o i nduce you t o i nf r i nge any pat ent s or ot her pr oper t y r i ght cl ai ms or
t o cont est val i di t y of any such cl ai ms; t hi s sect i on has t he sol e pur pose of pr ot ect i ng t he i nt egr i t y of t he
f r ee sof t war e di st r i but i on syst em whi ch i s i mpl ement ed by publ i c l i cense pr act i ces. Many peopl e have made
gener ous cont r i but i ons t o t he wi de r ange of sof t war e di st r i but ed t hr ough t hat syst em i n r el i ance on
consi st ent appl i cat i on of t hat syst em; i t i s up t o t he aut hor / donor t o deci de i f he or she i s wi l l i ng t o
di st r i but e sof t war e t hr ough any ot her syst em and a l i censee cannot i mpose t hat choi ce.
Thi s sect i on i s i nt ended t o make t hor oughl y cl ear what i s bel i eved t o be a consequence of t he r est of t hi s
Li cense.
12. I f t he di st r i but i on and/ or use of t he Li br ar y i s r est r i ct ed i n cer t ai n count r i es ei t her by pat ent s or by
copyr i ght ed i nt er f aces, t he or i gi nal copyr i ght hol der who pl aces t he Li br ar y under t hi s Li cense may add an
expl i ci t geogr aphi cal di st r i but i on l i mi t at i on excl udi ng t hose count r i es, so t hat di st r i but i on i s per mi t t ed
onl y i n or among count r i es not t hus excl uded. I n such case, t hi s Li cense i ncor por at es t he l i mi t at i on as i f
wr i t t en i n t he body of t hi s Li cense.
13. The Fr ee Sof t war e Foundat i on may publ i sh r evi sed and/ or new ver si ons of t he Lesser Gener al Publ i c Li cense
f r om t i me t o t i me. Such new ver si ons wi l l be si mi l ar i n spi r i t t o t he pr esent ver si on, but may di f f er i n
det ai l t o addr ess new pr obl ems or concer ns. Each ver si on i s gi ven a di st i ngui shi ng ver si on number . I f t he
Li br ar y speci f i es a ver si on number of t hi s Li cense whi ch appl i es t o i t and " any l at er ver si on" , you have t he
opt i on of f ol l owi ng t he t er ms and condi t i ons ei t her of t hat ver si on or of any l at er ver si on publ i shed by t he
Fr ee Sof t war e Foundat i on. I f t he Li br ar y does not speci f y a l i cense ver si on number , you may choose any
ver si on ever publ i shed by t he Fr ee Sof t war e Foundat i on.
14. I f you wi sh t o i ncor por at e par t s of t he Li br ar y i nt o ot her f r ee pr ogr ams whose di st r i but i on condi t i ons
ar e i ncompat i bl e wi t h t hese, wr i t e t o t he aut hor t o ask f or per mi ssi on. For sof t war e whi ch i s copyr i ght ed by
t he Fr ee Sof t war e Foundat i on, wr i t e t o t he Free Sof t war e Foundat i on; we somet i mes make except i ons f or t hi s.
Our deci si on wi l l be gui ded by t he t wo goal s of pr eser vi ng t he f r ee st at us of al l der i vat i ves of our f ree
sof t war e and of pr omot i ng t he shar i ng and r euse of sof t war e gener al l y.
NO WARRANTY
15. BECAUSE THE LI BRARY I S LI CENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE I S NO WARRANTY FOR THE LI BRARY, TO THE EXTENT
PERMI TTED BY APPLI CABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWI SE STATED I N WRI TI NG THE COPYRI GHT HOLDERS AND/ OR OTHER
PARTI ES PROVI DE THE LI BRARY "AS I S" WI THOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KI ND, EI THER EXPRESSED OR I MPLI ED, I NCLUDI NG, BUT
NOT LI MI TED TO, THE I MPLI ED WARRANTI ES OF MERCHANTABI LI TY AND FI TNESS FOR A PARTI CULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTI RE
RI SK AS TO THE QUALI TY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE LI BRARY I S WI TH YOU. SHOULD THE LI BRARY PROVE DEFECTI VE, YOU
ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVI CI NG, REPAI R OR CORRECTI ON.
16. I N NO EVENT UNLESS REQUI RED BY APPLI CABLE LAW OR AGREED TO I N WRI TI NG WI LL ANY COPYRI GHT HOLDER, OR ANY
OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODI FY AND/ OR REDI STRI BUTE THE LI BRARY AS PERMI TTED ABOVE, BE LI ABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
I NCLUDI NG ANY GENERAL, SPECI AL, I NCI DENTAL OR CONSEQUENTI AL DAMAGES ARI SI NG OUT OF THE USE OR I NABI LI TY TO
USE THE LI BRARY ( I NCLUDI NG BUT NOT LI MI TED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEI NG RENDERED I NACCURATE OR LOSSES
SUSTAI NED BY YOU OR THI RD PARTI ES OR A FAI LURE OF THE LI BRARY TO OPERATE WI TH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE) , EVEN I F
SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVI SED OF THE POSSI BI LI TY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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How t o Appl y These Ter ms t o Your New Li br ar i es
I f you devel op a new l i br ar y, and you want i t t o be of t he gr eat est possi bl e use t o t he publ i c, we r ecommend
maki ng i t f r ee sof t war e t hat ever yone can r edi st r i but e and change. You can do so by per mi t t i ng r edi st r i but i on
under t hese t er ms ( or , al t er nat i vel y, under t he t er ms of t he or di nar y Gener al Publ i c Li cense) .
To appl y t hese t er ms, at t ach t he f ol l owi ng not i ces t o t he l i br ar y. I t i s saf est t o at t ach t hem t o t he st ar t