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1.1     ! root        1:                 GNU EMACS GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
        !             2: 
        !             3:  Copyright (C) 1985 Richard M. Stallman
        !             4:  Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
        !             5:  of this license, but changing it is not allowed.
        !             6: 
        !             7:   The license agreements of most software companies keep you at the
        !             8: mercy of those companies.  By contrast, our general public license is
        !             9: intended to give everyone the right to share GNU Emacs.  To make
        !            10: sure that you get the rights we want you to have, we need to make
        !            11: restrictions that forbid anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you
        !            12: to surrender the rights.  Hence this license agreement.
        !            13: 
        !            14:   Specifically, we want to make sure that you have the right to give
        !            15: away copies of Emacs, that you receive source code or else can get it
        !            16: if you want it, that you can change Emacs or use pieces of it in new
        !            17: free programs, and that you know you can do these things.
        !            18: 
        !            19:   To make sure that everyone has such rights, we have to forbid you to
        !            20: deprive anyone else of these rights.  For example, if you distribute
        !            21: copies of Emacs, you must give the recipients all the rights that you
        !            22: have.  You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the
        !            23: source code.  And you must tell them their rights.
        !            24: 
        !            25:   Also, for our own protection, we must make certain that everyone
        !            26: finds out that there is no warranty for GNU Emacs.  If Emacs is
        !            27: modified by someone else and passed on, we want its recipients to know
        !            28: that what they have is not what we distributed, so that any problems
        !            29: introduced by others will not reflect on our reputation.
        !            30: 
        !            31:   Therefore we (Richard Stallman and the Free Software Fundation,
        !            32: Inc.) make the following terms which say what you must do to be
        !            33: allowed to distribute or change GNU Emacs.
        !            34: 
        !            35:                        COPYING POLICIES
        !            36: 
        !            37:   1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of GNU Emacs source
        !            38: code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously
        !            39: and appropriately publish on each file a valid copyright notice such
        !            40: as "Copyright (C) 1985 Richard M. Stallman", containing the year of
        !            41: last change and name of copyright holder for the file in question;
        !            42: keep intact the notices on all files that refer to this License
        !            43: Agreement and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other
        !            44: recipients of the GNU Emacs program a copy of this License Agreement
        !            45: along with the program.
        !            46: 
        !            47:   2. You may modify your copy or copies of GNU Emacs source code or
        !            48: any portion of it, and copy and distribute such modifications under
        !            49: the terms of Paragraph 1 above, provided that you also do the following:
        !            50: 
        !            51:     a) cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating
        !            52:     who last changed such files and the date of any change; and
        !            53: 
        !            54:     b) cause the whole of any work that you distribute or publish,
        !            55:     that in whole or in part contains or is a derivative of GNU Emacs
        !            56:     or any part thereof, to be freely distributed
        !            57:     and licensed to all third parties on terms identical to those
        !            58:     contained in this License Agreement (except that you may choose
        !            59:     to grant more extensive warranty protection to third parties,
        !            60:     at your option).
        !            61: 
        !            62:     c) if the modified program serves as a text editor, cause it
        !            63:     when started running in the simplest and usual way, to print
        !            64:     an announcement including a valid copyright notice ("Copyright
        !            65:     (C)", the year of authorship, and all copyright owners' names),
        !            66:     saying that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide
        !            67:     a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under
        !            68:     these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of
        !            69:     this License Agreement.
        !            70: 
        !            71:   3. You may copy and distribute GNU Emacs or any portion of it in
        !            72: compiled, executable or object code form under the terms of Paragraphs
        !            73: 1 and 2 above provided that you do the following:
        !            74: 
        !            75:     a) cause each such copy of GNU Emacs to be accompanied by the
        !            76:     corresponding machine-readable source code; or
        !            77: 
        !            78:     b) cause each such copy of GNU Emacs to be accompanied by a
        !            79:     written offer, with no time limit, to give any third party
        !            80:     free (except for a nominal shipping charge) machine readable
        !            81:     copy of the corresponding source code; or
        !            82: 
        !            83:     c) in the case of a recipient of GNU Emacs in compiled, executable
        !            84:     or object code form (without the corresponding source code) you
        !            85:     shall cause copies you distribute to be accompanied by a copy
        !            86:     of the written offer of source code which you received along
        !            87:     with the copy of GNU Emacs.
        !            88: 
        !            89:   4. You may not copy, sublicense, distribute or transfer GNU Emacs
        !            90: except as expressly provided under this License Agreement.  Any attempt
        !            91: otherwise to copy, sublicense, distribute or transfer GNU Emacs is void and
        !            92: your rights to use GNU Emacs under this License agreement shall be
        !            93: automatically terminated.  However, parties who have received computer
        !            94: software programs from you with this License Agreement will not have
        !            95: their licenses terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance.
        !            96: 
        !            97: Your comments and suggestions about our licensing policies and our
        !            98: software are welcome!  Please contact the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
        !            99: 1000 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, or call (617) 876-3296.
        !           100: 
        !           101:                           NO WARRANTY
        !           102: 
        !           103:   BECAUSE GNU EMACS IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, WE PROVIDE ABSOLUTELY
        !           104: NO WARRANTY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE STATE LAW.  EXCEPT
        !           105: WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING, FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION, INC,
        !           106: RICHARD M. STALLMAN AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE GNU EMACS "AS IS"
        !           107: WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
        !           108: BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
        !           109: FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY
        !           110: AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU.  SHOULD THE GNU EMACS
        !           111: PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY
        !           112: SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
        !           113: 
        !           114:  IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW WILL FREE SOFTWARE
        !           115: FOUNDATION, INC., RICHARD M. STALLMAN, AND/OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY
        !           116: MODIFY AND REDISTRIBUTE GNU EMACS AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU
        !           117: FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST MONIES, OR OTHER
        !           118: SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR
        !           119: INABILITY TO USE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA
        !           120: BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THIRD PARTIES OR A
        !           121: FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH PROGRAMS NOT DISTRIBUTED BY
        !           122: FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION, INC.) THE PROGRAM, EVEN IF YOU HAVE BEEN
        !           123: ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY
        !           124: OTHER PARTY.

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