User Manual

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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modificationsand/ortranslatedintoanotherlanguage.
(Hereinafter,translationisincludedwithoutlimitationintheterm‘“modification’“.)Eachlicenseeis
addressedas
‘“you’“.
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Activitiesotherthancopying,distributionandmodification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.
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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.
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Youmaychargeafeeforthephysicalactoftransferringa
copy,andyoumayatyouroptionoffer
warrantyprotectioninexchangeforafee.
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2.YoumaymodifyyourcopyorcopiesoftheProgramoranyportionofit,thusformingaworkbased
ontheProgram,andcopyanddistributesuchmodificationsorworkundertheterms
ofSection1above,
providedthatyoualsomeetalloftheseconditions:
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a) Youmustcausethemodifiedfilestocarryprominentnoticesstatingthatyouchangedthe
filesandthedateofanychange.
b) Youmustcauseanyworkthatyoudistributeorpublish,thatinwhole
orinpartcontainsoris
derivedfromtheProgramoranypartthereof,tobelicensedasawholeatnochargetoall
thirdpartiesunderthetermsofthisLicense.
c) Ifthemodifiedprogramnormallyreadscommandsinteractivelywhenrun,youmustcauseit,
whenstarted
runningforsuchinteractiveuseinthemostordinaryway,toprintordisplayan
announcementincludinganappropriatecopyrightnoticeandanoticethatthereisno
warranty(orelse,sayingthatyouprovideawarranty)andthatusersmayredistributethe
programundertheseconditions,andtellingtheuser
howtoviewacopyofthisLicense.
(Exception:iftheProgramitselfisinteractivebutdoesnotnormallyprintsuchan
announcement,yourworkbasedontheProgramisnotrequiredtoprintanannouncement.)
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Theserequirementsapplytothemodifiedworkasawhole.Ifidentifiablesectionsof
thatworkarenot
derivedfromtheProgram,andcanbereasonablyconsideredindependentandseparateworksin
themselves,thenthisLicense,anditsterms,donotapplytothosesectionswhenyoudistributethemas
separateworks.Butwhenyoudistributethesamesectionsaspartofawholewhich
isaworkbasedon
theProgram,thedistributionofthewholemustbeonthetermsofthisLicense,whosepermissionsfor
otherlicenseesextendtotheentirewhole,andthustoeachandeverypartregardlessofwhowroteit.
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Thus,itisnottheintentofthis
sectiontoclaimrightsorcontestyourrightstoworkwrittenentirelyby
you;rather,theintentistoexercisetherighttocontrolthedistributionofderivativeorcollectiveworks
basedontheProgram.
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Inaddition,mereaggregationofanotherworknotbasedontheProgramwiththeProgram
(orwitha
workbasedontheProgram)onavolumeofastorageordistributionmediumdoesnotbringtheother
workunderthescopeofthisLicense.
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3.YoumaycopyanddistributetheProgram(oraworkbasedonit,underSection2)inobjectcodeor
executableformunderthetermsofSections1and2aboveprovidedthatyoualsodooneofthe
following:
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a) Accompanyitwiththecompletecorrespondingmachine‐readablesourcecode,whichmust
bedistributedunderthetermsofSections1and2aboveonamediumcustomarilyusedfor
softwareinterchange;or,
b) Accompanyitwithawrittenoffer,validforatleastthreeyears,togiveanythirdparty,fora
chargenomorethanyourcostofphysicallyperformingsourcedistribution,acomplete