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THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
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APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
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HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY
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OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
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THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM
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IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF
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ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
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16. Limitation of Liability.
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IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
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WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS
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THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
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GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE
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USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF
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DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD
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PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS),
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EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
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If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
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above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
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reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates
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an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
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Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a
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copy of the Program in return for a fee.
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END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
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If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
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possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
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free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
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To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
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to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
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state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
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the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
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<one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
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Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
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This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
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along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
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If your software can interact with users remotely through a computer
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network, you should also make sure that it provides a way for users to
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get its source. For example, if your program is a web application, its
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interface could display a "Source" link that leads users to an archive
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of the code. There are many ways you could offer source, and different
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solutions will be better for different programs; see section 13 for the
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specific requirements.
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You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
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if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary.
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For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU AGPL, see
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<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.