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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.
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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differin
detailtoaddressnewproblemsorconcerns.
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Eachversionisgivenadistinguishingversionnumber.IftheProgramspecifies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.
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10.Ifyouwishto
incorporatepartsoftheProgramintootherfreeprogramswhosedistribution
conditionsaredifferent,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.
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NOWARRANTY
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11.BECAUSETHEPROGRAMISLICENSEDFREEOFCHARGE,THEREISNOWARRANTYFORTHE
PROGRAM,TOTHEEXTENTPERMITTEDBYAPPLICABLELAW.EXCEPT
WHENOTHERWISESTATEDIN
WRITINGTHECOPYRIGHTHOLDERSAND/OROTHERPARTIESPROVIDETHEPROGRAM‘“AS
IS’“WITHOUTWARRANTYOFANYKIND,EITHEREXPRESSEDORIMPLIED,INCLUDING,BUTNOTLIMITED
TO,THEIMPLIEDWARRANTIESOFMERCHANTABILITYANDFITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE.THE
ENTIRERISKASTOTHEQUALITYANDPERFORMANCE
OFTHEPROGRAMISWITHYOU.SHOULDTHE
PROGRAMPROVEDEFECTIVE,YOUASSUMETHECOSTOFALLNECESSARYSERVICING,REPAIROR
CORRECTION.
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12.INNOEVENTUNLESSREQUIREDBYAPPLICABLELAWORAGREEDTOINWRITINGWILLANY
COPYRIGHTHOLDER,ORANYOTHERPARTYWHOMAYMODIFYAND/ORREDISTRIBUTETHE
PROGRAM
ASPERMITTEDABOVE,BELIABLETOYOUFORDAMAGES,INCLUDINGANYGENERAL,SPECIAL,
INCIDENTALORCONSEQUENTIALDAMAGESARISINGOUTOFTHEUSEORINABILITYTOUSETHE
PROGRAM(INCLUDINGBUTNOTLIMITEDTOLOSSOFDATAORDATABEINGRENDEREDINACCURATE
ORLOSSESSUSTAINEDBYYOUORTHIRDPARTIESOR
AFAILUREOFTHEPROGRAMTOOPERATEWITH
ANYOTHERPROGRAMS),EVENIFSUCHHOLDEROROTHERPARTYHASBEENADVISEDOFTHE
POSSIBILITYOFSUCHDAMAGES.