User's Manual Part 2

KOBOEREADERUSERGUIDE 26
 Itisnotthepurposeofthissectiontoinduceyoutoinfringeanypatentsorother
 propertyrightclaimsortocontestvalidityofanysuchclaims;thissectionhasthesole
 purposeofprotectingtheintegrityofthefreesoftwaredistributionsystemwhichis
 implementedbypubliclicensepractices.Manypeoplehavemadegenerous
 contributionstothewiderangeofsoftwaredistributedthroughthatsysteminreliance
 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.
12. Ifthedistributionand/oruseoftheLibraryisrestrictedincertaincountrieseitherby
 patentsorbycopyrightedinterfaces,theoriginalcopyrightholderwhoplacesthe
 Library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.
13. TheFreeSoftwareFoundationmaypublishrevisedand/ornewversionsoftheLesser
 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.
 Eachversionisgivenadistinguishingversionnumber.IftheLibrary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Librarydoesnotspecifyalicenseversion
 number,youmaychooseanyversioneverpublishedbytheFreeSoftwareFoundation.
14. IfyouwishtoincorporatepartsoftheLibraryintootherfreeprogramswhose
 distributionconditionsareincompatiblewiththese,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.
Nowarranty
15. BECAUSETHELIBRARYISLICENSEDFREEOFCHARGE,THEREISNO
 WARRANTYFORTHELIBRARY,TOTHEEXTENTPERMITTEDBYAPPLICABLE
 LAW.EXCEPTWHENOTHERWISESTATEDINWRITINGTHECOPYRIGHT
 HOLDERSAND/OROTHERPARTIESPROVIDETHELIBRARY“ASIS”WITHOUT
 WARRANTYOFANYKIND,EITHEREXPRESSEDORIMPLIED,INCLUDING,BUT
 NOTLIMITEDTO,THEIMPLIEDWARRANTIESOFMERCHANTABILITYAND