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Vince Lehman9551edf2015-04-30 09:47:53 -050022- SQLite is in [public domain](http://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html)
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619GNU General Public License, you may choose any version ever published
620by the Free Software Foundation.
621
622 If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future
623versions of the GNU General Public License can be used, that proxy's
624public statement of acceptance of a version permanently authorizes you
625to choose that version for the Program.
626
627 Later license versions may give you additional or different
628permissions. However, no additional obligations are imposed on any
629author or copyright holder as a result of your choosing to follow a
630later version.
631
632## 15. Disclaimer of Warranty.
633
634 THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
635APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
636HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
637OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
638THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
639PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM
640IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF
641ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
642
643## 16. Limitation of Liability.
644
645 IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
646WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS
647THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
648GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE
649USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF
650DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD
651PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS),
652EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
653SUCH DAMAGES.
654
655## 17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
656
657 If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
658above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
659reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates
660an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
661Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a
662copy of the Program in return for a fee.
663
664# END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
665--------------------------------------------------------------------------
666
667
668# How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
669
670 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
671possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
672free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
673
674 To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
675to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
676state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
677the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
678
679 <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
680 Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
681
682 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
683 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
684 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
685 (at your option) any later version.
686
687 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
688 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
689 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
690 GNU General Public License for more details.
691
692 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
693 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
694
695Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
696
697 If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short
698notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
699
700 <program> Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
701 This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'show w'.
702 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
703 under certain conditions; type 'show c' for details.
704
705 The hypothetical commands _'show w'_ and _'show c'_ should show the appropriate
706parts of the General Public License. Of course, your program's commands
707might be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an "about box".
708
709 You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
710if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary.
711For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
712<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
713
714 The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program
715into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you
716may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
717the library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
718Public License instead of this License. But first, please read
719<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html>.