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608 If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future
609versions of the GNU General Public License can be used, that proxy's
610public statement of acceptance of a version permanently authorizes you
611to choose that version for the Program.
612
613 Later license versions may give you additional or different
614permissions. However, no additional obligations are imposed on any
615author or copyright holder as a result of your choosing to follow a
616later version.
617
618## 15. Disclaimer of Warranty.
619
620 THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
621APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
622HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
623OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
624THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
625PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM
626IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF
627ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
628
629## 16. Limitation of Liability.
630
631 IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
632WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS
633THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
634GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE
635USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF
636DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD
637PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS),
638EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
639SUCH DAMAGES.
640
641## 17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
642
643 If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
644above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
645reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates
646an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
647Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a
648copy of the Program in return for a fee.
649
650# END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
651--------------------------------------------------------------------------
652
653
654# How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
655
656 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
657possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
658free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
659
660 To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
661to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
662state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
663the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
664
665 <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
666 Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
667
668 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
669 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
670 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
671 (at your option) any later version.
672
673 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
674 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
675 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
676 GNU General Public License for more details.
677
678 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
679 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
680
681Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
682
683 If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short
684notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
685
686 <program> Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
687 This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'show w'.
688 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
689 under certain conditions; type 'show c' for details.
690
691 The hypothetical commands _'show w'_ and _'show c'_ should show the appropriate
692parts of the General Public License. Of course, your program's commands
693might be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an "about box".
694
695 You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
696if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary.
697For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
698<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
699
700 The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program
701into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you
702may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
703the library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
704Public License instead of this License. But first, please read
705<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html>.