Annotation of GNUtools/libg++/texinfo/lgpl.texinfo, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: @c This LGPL is meant to be included from other files.
        !             2: @c To format a standalone LGPL, use liblic.texi.
        !             3: 
        !             4: @ifset lgpl-appendix
        !             5: @appendix GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
        !             6: @end ifset
        !             7: 
        !             8: @ifclear lgpl-appendix
        !             9: @unnumbered GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
        !            10: @end ifclear
        !            11: @center Version 2, June 1991
        !            12: 
        !            13: @display
        !            14: Copyright @copyright{} 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
        !            15: 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
        !            16: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
        !            17: of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
        !            18: 
        !            19: [This is the first released version of the library GPL.  It is
        !            20:  numbered 2 because it goes with version 2 of the ordinary GPL.]
        !            21: @end display
        !            22: 
        !            23: @unnumberedsec Preamble
        !            24: 
        !            25:   The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
        !            26: freedom to share and change it.  By contrast, the GNU General Public
        !            27: Licenses are intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change
        !            28: free software---to make sure the software is free for all its users.
        !            29: 
        !            30:   This license, the Library General Public License, applies to some
        !            31: specially designated Free Software Foundation software, and to any
        !            32: other libraries whose authors decide to use it.  You can use it for
        !            33: your libraries, too.
        !            34: 
        !            35:   When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
        !            36: price.  Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
        !            37: have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for
        !            38: this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it
        !            39: if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it
        !            40: in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.
        !            41: 
        !            42:   To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
        !            43: anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights.
        !            44: These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if
        !            45: you distribute copies of the library, or if you modify it.
        !            46: 
        !            47:   For example, if you distribute copies of the library, whether gratis
        !            48: or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that we gave
        !            49: you.  You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source
        !            50: code.  If you link a program with the library, you must provide
        !            51: complete object files to the recipients so that they can relink them
        !            52: with the library, after making changes to the library and recompiling
        !            53: it.  And you must show them these terms so they know their rights.
        !            54: 
        !            55:   Our method of protecting your rights has two steps: (1) copyright
        !            56: the library, and (2) offer you this license which gives you legal
        !            57: permission to copy, distribute and/or modify the library.
        !            58: 
        !            59:   Also, for each distributor's protection, we want to make certain
        !            60: that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free
        !            61: library.  If the library is modified by someone else and passed on, we
        !            62: want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original
        !            63: version, so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on
        !            64: the original authors' reputations.
        !            65: 
        !            66:   Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software
        !            67: patents.  We wish to avoid the danger that companies distributing free
        !            68: software will individually obtain patent licenses, thus in effect
        !            69: transforming the program into proprietary software.  To prevent this,
        !            70: we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed for everyone's
        !            71: free use or not licensed at all.
        !            72: 
        !            73:   Most GNU software, including some libraries, is covered by the ordinary
        !            74: GNU General Public License, which was designed for utility programs.  This
        !            75: license, the GNU Library General Public License, applies to certain
        !            76: designated libraries.  This license is quite different from the ordinary
        !            77: one; be sure to read it in full, and don't assume that anything in it is
        !            78: the same as in the ordinary license.
        !            79: 
        !            80:   The reason we have a separate public license for some libraries is that
        !            81: they blur the distinction we usually make between modifying or adding to a
        !            82: program and simply using it.  Linking a program with a library, without
        !            83: changing the library, is in some sense simply using the library, and is
        !            84: analogous to running a utility program or application program.  However, in
        !            85: a textual and legal sense, the linked executable is a combined work, a
        !            86: derivative of the original library, and the ordinary General Public License
        !            87: treats it as such.
        !            88: 
        !            89:   Because of this blurred distinction, using the ordinary General
        !            90: Public License for libraries did not effectively promote software
        !            91: sharing, because most developers did not use the libraries.  We
        !            92: concluded that weaker conditions might promote sharing better.
        !            93: 
        !            94:   However, unrestricted linking of non-free programs would deprive the
        !            95: users of those programs of all benefit from the free status of the
        !            96: libraries themselves.  This Library General Public License is intended to
        !            97: permit developers of non-free programs to use free libraries, while
        !            98: preserving your freedom as a user of such programs to change the free
        !            99: libraries that are incorporated in them.  (We have not seen how to achieve
        !           100: this as regards changes in header files, but we have achieved it as regards
        !           101: changes in the actual functions of the Library.)  The hope is that this
        !           102: will lead to faster development of free libraries.
        !           103: 
        !           104:   The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
        !           105: modification follow.  Pay close attention to the difference between a
        !           106: ``work based on the library'' and a ``work that uses the library''.  The
        !           107: former contains code derived from the library, while the latter only
        !           108: works together with the library.
        !           109: 
        !           110:   Note that it is possible for a library to be covered by the ordinary
        !           111: General Public License rather than by this special one.
        !           112: 
        !           113: @iftex
        !           114: @unnumberedsec TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
        !           115: @end iftex
        !           116: @ifinfo
        !           117: @center TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
        !           118: @end ifinfo
        !           119: 
        !           120: @enumerate
        !           121: @item
        !           122: This License Agreement applies to any software library which
        !           123: contains a notice placed by the copyright holder or other authorized
        !           124: party saying it may be distributed under the terms of this Library
        !           125: General Public License (also called ``this License'').  Each licensee is
        !           126: addressed as ``you''.
        !           127: 
        !           128:   A ``library'' means a collection of software functions and/or data
        !           129: prepared so as to be conveniently linked with application programs
        !           130: (which use some of those functions and data) to form executables.
        !           131: 
        !           132:   The ``Library'', below, refers to any such software library or work
        !           133: which has been distributed under these terms.  A ``work based on the
        !           134: Library'' means either the Library or any derivative work under
        !           135: copyright law: that is to say, a work containing the Library or a
        !           136: portion of it, either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated
        !           137: straightforwardly into another language.  (Hereinafter, translation is
        !           138: included without limitation in the term ``modification''.)
        !           139: 
        !           140:   ``Source code'' for a work means the preferred form of the work for
        !           141: making modifications to it.  For a library, complete source code means
        !           142: all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated
        !           143: interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation
        !           144: and installation of the library.
        !           145: 
        !           146:   Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
        !           147: covered by this License; they are outside its scope.  The act of
        !           148: running a program using the Library is not restricted, and output from
        !           149: such a program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based
        !           150: on the Library (independent of the use of the Library in a tool for
        !           151: writing it).  Whether that is true depends on what the Library does
        !           152: and what the program that uses the Library does.
        !           153:   
        !           154: @item
        !           155: You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Library's
        !           156: complete source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that
        !           157: you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an
        !           158: appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact
        !           159: all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any
        !           160: warranty; and distribute a copy of this License along with the
        !           161: Library.
        !           162: 
        !           163:   You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy,
        !           164: and you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a
        !           165: fee.
        !           166: 
        !           167: @item
        !           168: You may modify your copy or copies of the Library or any portion
        !           169: of it, thus forming a work based on the Library, and copy and
        !           170: distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1
        !           171: above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:
        !           172: 
        !           173: @enumerate a
        !           174: @item
        !           175: The modified work must itself be a software library.
        !           176: 
        !           177: @item
        !           178: You must cause the files modified to carry prominent notices
        !           179: stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
        !           180: 
        !           181: @item
        !           182: You must cause the whole of the work to be licensed at no
        !           183: charge to all third parties under the terms of this License.
        !           184: 
        !           185: @item
        !           186: If a facility in the modified Library refers to a function or a
        !           187: table of data to be supplied by an application program that uses
        !           188: the facility, other than as an argument passed when the facility
        !           189: is invoked, then you must make a good faith effort to ensure that,
        !           190: in the event an application does not supply such function or
        !           191: table, the facility still operates, and performs whatever part of
        !           192: its purpose remains meaningful.
        !           193: 
        !           194: (For example, a function in a library to compute square roots has
        !           195: a purpose that is entirely well-defined independent of the
        !           196: application.  Therefore, Subsection 2d requires that any
        !           197: application-supplied function or table used by this function must
        !           198: be optional: if the application does not supply it, the square
        !           199: root function must still compute square roots.)
        !           200: @end enumerate
        !           201: 
        !           202: These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole.  If
        !           203: identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Library,
        !           204: and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in
        !           205: themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to those
        !           206: sections when you distribute them as separate works.  But when you
        !           207: distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based
        !           208: on the Library, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of
        !           209: this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the
        !           210: entire whole, and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote
        !           211: it.
        !           212: 
        !           213: Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest
        !           214: your rights to work written entirely by you; rather, the intent is to
        !           215: exercise the right to control the distribution of derivative or
        !           216: collective works based on the Library.
        !           217: 
        !           218: In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Library
        !           219: with the Library (or with a work based on the Library) on a volume of
        !           220: a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under
        !           221: the scope of this License.
        !           222: 
        !           223: @item
        !           224: You may opt to apply the terms of the ordinary GNU General Public
        !           225: License instead of this License to a given copy of the Library.  To do
        !           226: this, you must alter all the notices that refer to this License, so
        !           227: that they refer to the ordinary GNU General Public License, version 2,
        !           228: instead of to this License.  (If a newer version than version 2 of the
        !           229: ordinary GNU General Public License has appeared, then you can specify
        !           230: that version instead if you wish.)  Do not make any other change in
        !           231: these notices.
        !           232: 
        !           233:   Once this change is made in a given copy, it is irreversible for
        !           234: that copy, so the ordinary GNU General Public License applies to all
        !           235: subsequent copies and derivative works made from that copy.
        !           236: 
        !           237:   This option is useful when you wish to copy part of the code of
        !           238: the Library into a program that is not a library.
        !           239: 
        !           240: @item
        !           241: You may copy and distribute the Library (or a portion or
        !           242: derivative of it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form
        !           243: under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you accompany
        !           244: it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which
        !           245: must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a
        !           246: medium customarily used for software interchange.
        !           247: 
        !           248:   If distribution of object code is made by offering access to copy
        !           249: from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the
        !           250: source code from the same place satisfies the requirement to
        !           251: distribute the source code, even though third parties are not
        !           252: compelled to copy the source along with the object code.
        !           253: 
        !           254: @item
        !           255: A program that contains no derivative of any portion of the
        !           256: Library, but is designed to work with the Library by being compiled or
        !           257: linked with it, is called a ``work that uses the Library''.  Such a
        !           258: work, in isolation, is not a derivative work of the Library, and
        !           259: therefore falls outside the scope of this License.
        !           260: 
        !           261:   However, linking a ``work that uses the Library'' with the Library
        !           262: creates an executable that is a derivative of the Library (because it
        !           263: contains portions of the Library), rather than a ``work that uses the
        !           264: library''.  The executable is therefore covered by this License.
        !           265: Section 6 states terms for distribution of such executables.
        !           266: 
        !           267:   When a ``work that uses the Library'' uses material from a header file
        !           268: that is part of the Library, the object code for the work may be a
        !           269: derivative work of the Library even though the source code is not.
        !           270: Whether this is true is especially significant if the work can be
        !           271: linked without the Library, or if the work is itself a library.  The
        !           272: threshold for this to be true is not precisely defined by law.
        !           273: 
        !           274:   If such an object file uses only numerical parameters, data
        !           275: structure layouts and accessors, and small macros and small inline
        !           276: functions (ten lines or less in length), then the use of the object
        !           277: file is unrestricted, regardless of whether it is legally a derivative
        !           278: work.  (Executables containing this object code plus portions of the
        !           279: Library will still fall under Section 6.)
        !           280: 
        !           281:   Otherwise, if the work is a derivative of the Library, you may
        !           282: distribute the object code for the work under the terms of Section 6.
        !           283: Any executables containing that work also fall under Section 6,
        !           284: whether or not they are linked directly with the Library itself.
        !           285: 
        !           286: @item
        !           287: As an exception to the Sections above, you may also compile or
        !           288: link a ``work that uses the Library'' with the Library to produce a
        !           289: work containing portions of the Library, and distribute that work
        !           290: under terms of your choice, provided that the terms permit
        !           291: modification of the work for the customer's own use and reverse
        !           292: engineering for debugging such modifications.
        !           293: 
        !           294:   You must give prominent notice with each copy of the work that the
        !           295: Library is used in it and that the Library and its use are covered by
        !           296: this License.  You must supply a copy of this License.  If the work
        !           297: during execution displays copyright notices, you must include the
        !           298: copyright notice for the Library among them, as well as a reference
        !           299: directing the user to the copy of this License.  Also, you must do one
        !           300: of these things:
        !           301: 
        !           302: @enumerate a
        !           303: @item
        !           304: Accompany the work with the complete corresponding
        !           305: machine-readable source code for the Library including whatever
        !           306: changes were used in the work (which must be distributed under
        !           307: Sections 1 and 2 above); and, if the work is an executable linked
        !           308: with the Library, with the complete machine-readable ``work that
        !           309: uses the Library'', as object code and/or source code, so that the
        !           310: user can modify the Library and then relink to produce a modified
        !           311: executable containing the modified Library.  (It is understood
        !           312: that the user who changes the contents of definitions files in the
        !           313: Library will not necessarily be able to recompile the application
        !           314: to use the modified definitions.)
        !           315: 
        !           316: @item
        !           317: Accompany the work with a written offer, valid for at
        !           318: least three years, to give the same user the materials
        !           319: specified in Subsection 6a, above, for a charge no more
        !           320: than the cost of performing this distribution.
        !           321: 
        !           322: @item
        !           323: If distribution of the work is made by offering access to copy
        !           324: from a designated place, offer equivalent access to copy the above
        !           325: specified materials from the same place.
        !           326: 
        !           327: @item
        !           328: Verify that the user has already received a copy of these
        !           329: materials or that you have already sent this user a copy.
        !           330: @end enumerate
        !           331: 
        !           332:   For an executable, the required form of the ``work that uses the
        !           333: Library'' must include any data and utility programs needed for
        !           334: reproducing the executable from it.  However, as a special exception,
        !           335: the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally
        !           336: distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major
        !           337: components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on
        !           338: which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies
        !           339: the executable.
        !           340: 
        !           341:   It may happen that this requirement contradicts the license
        !           342: restrictions of other proprietary libraries that do not normally
        !           343: accompany the operating system.  Such a contradiction means you cannot
        !           344: use both them and the Library together in an executable that you
        !           345: distribute.
        !           346: 
        !           347: @item
        !           348: You may place library facilities that are a work based on the
        !           349: Library side-by-side in a single library together with other library
        !           350: facilities not covered by this License, and distribute such a combined
        !           351: library, provided that the separate distribution of the work based on
        !           352: the Library and of the other library facilities is otherwise
        !           353: permitted, and provided that you do these two things:
        !           354: 
        !           355: @enumerate a
        !           356: @item
        !           357: Accompany the combined library with a copy of the same work
        !           358: based on the Library, uncombined with any other library
        !           359: facilities.  This must be distributed under the terms of the
        !           360: Sections above.
        !           361: 
        !           362: @item
        !           363: Give prominent notice with the combined library of the fact
        !           364: that part of it is a work based on the Library, and explaining
        !           365: where to find the accompanying uncombined form of the same work.
        !           366: @end enumerate
        !           367: 
        !           368: @item
        !           369: You may not copy, modify, sublicense, link with, or distribute
        !           370: the Library except as expressly provided under this License.  Any
        !           371: attempt otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense, link with, or
        !           372: distribute the Library is void, and will automatically terminate your
        !           373: rights under this License.  However, parties who have received copies,
        !           374: or rights, from you under this License will not have their licenses
        !           375: terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance.
        !           376: 
        !           377: @item
        !           378: You are not required to accept this License, since you have not
        !           379: signed it.  However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or
        !           380: distribute the Library or its derivative works.  These actions are
        !           381: prohibited by law if you do not accept this License.  Therefore, by
        !           382: modifying or distributing the Library (or any work based on the
        !           383: Library), you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so, and
        !           384: all its terms and conditions for copying, distributing or modifying
        !           385: the Library or works based on it.
        !           386: 
        !           387: @item
        !           388: Each time you redistribute the Library (or any work based on the
        !           389: Library), the recipient automatically receives a license from the
        !           390: original licensor to copy, distribute, link with or modify the Library
        !           391: subject to these terms and conditions.  You may not impose any further
        !           392: restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein.
        !           393: You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to
        !           394: this License.
        !           395: 
        !           396: @item
        !           397: If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent
        !           398: infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues),
        !           399: conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
        !           400: otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not
        !           401: excuse you from the conditions of this License.  If you cannot
        !           402: distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this
        !           403: License and any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you
        !           404: may not distribute the Library at all.  For example, if a patent
        !           405: license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Library by
        !           406: all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then
        !           407: the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to
        !           408: refrain entirely from distribution of the Library.
        !           409: 
        !           410: If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under any
        !           411: particular circumstance, the balance of the section is intended to apply,
        !           412: and the section as a whole is intended to apply in other circumstances.
        !           413: 
        !           414: It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any
        !           415: patents or other property right claims or to contest validity of any
        !           416: such claims; this section has the sole purpose of protecting the
        !           417: integrity of the free software distribution system which is
        !           418: implemented by public license practices.  Many people have made
        !           419: generous contributions to the wide range of software distributed
        !           420: through that system in reliance on consistent application of that
        !           421: system; it is up to the author/donor to decide if he or she is willing
        !           422: to distribute software through any other system and a licensee cannot
        !           423: impose that choice.
        !           424: 
        !           425: This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to
        !           426: be a consequence of the rest of this License.
        !           427: 
        !           428: @item
        !           429: If the distribution and/or use of the Library is restricted in
        !           430: certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
        !           431: original copyright holder who places the Library under this License may add
        !           432: an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding those countries,
        !           433: so that distribution is permitted only in or among countries not thus
        !           434: excluded.  In such case, this License incorporates the limitation as if
        !           435: written in the body of this License.
        !           436: 
        !           437: @item
        !           438: The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new
        !           439: versions of the Library General Public License from time to time.
        !           440: Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version,
        !           441: but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns.
        !           442: 
        !           443: Each version is given a distinguishing version number.  If the Library
        !           444: specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and
        !           445: ``any later version'', you have the option of following the terms and
        !           446: conditions either of that version or of any later version published by
        !           447: the Free Software Foundation.  If the Library does not specify a
        !           448: license version number, you may choose any version ever published by
        !           449: the Free Software Foundation.
        !           450: 
        !           451: @item
        !           452: If you wish to incorporate parts of the Library into other free
        !           453: programs whose distribution conditions are incompatible with these,
        !           454: write to the author to ask for permission.  For software which is
        !           455: copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, write to the Free
        !           456: Software Foundation; we sometimes make exceptions for this.  Our
        !           457: decision will be guided by the two goals of preserving the free status
        !           458: of all derivatives of our free software and of promoting the sharing
        !           459: and reuse of software generally.
        !           460: 
        !           461: @iftex
        !           462: @heading NO WARRANTY
        !           463: @end iftex
        !           464: @ifinfo
        !           465: @center NO WARRANTY
        !           466: @end ifinfo
        !           467: 
        !           468: @item
        !           469: BECAUSE THE LIBRARY IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO
        !           470: WARRANTY FOR THE LIBRARY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
        !           471: EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR
        !           472: OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE LIBRARY ``AS IS'' WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
        !           473: KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
        !           474: IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
        !           475: PURPOSE.  THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE
        !           476: LIBRARY IS WITH YOU.  SHOULD THE LIBRARY PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME
        !           477: THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
        !           478: 
        !           479: @item
        !           480: IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN
        !           481: WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY
        !           482: AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE LIBRARY AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU
        !           483: FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
        !           484: CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE
        !           485: LIBRARY (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING
        !           486: RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A
        !           487: FAILURE OF THE LIBRARY TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE), EVEN IF
        !           488: SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
        !           489: DAMAGES.
        !           490: @end enumerate
        !           491: 
        !           492: @iftex
        !           493: @heading END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
        !           494: @end iftex
        !           495: @ifinfo
        !           496: @center END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
        !           497: @end ifinfo
        !           498: 
        !           499: @page
        !           500: @unnumberedsec How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries
        !           501: 
        !           502:   If you develop a new library, and you want it to be of the greatest
        !           503: possible use to the public, we recommend making it free software that
        !           504: everyone can redistribute and change.  You can do so by permitting
        !           505: redistribution under these terms (or, alternatively, under the terms of the
        !           506: ordinary General Public License).
        !           507: 
        !           508:   To apply these terms, attach the following notices to the library.  It is
        !           509: safest to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
        !           510: convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the
        !           511: ``copyright'' line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
        !           512: 
        !           513: @smallexample
        !           514: @var{one line to give the library's name and an idea of what it does.}
        !           515: Copyright (C) @var{year}  @var{name of author}
        !           516: 
        !           517: This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
        !           518: modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
        !           519: License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
        !           520: version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
        !           521: 
        !           522: This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
        !           523: but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
        !           524: MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
        !           525: Library General Public License for more details.
        !           526: 
        !           527: You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
        !           528: License along with this library; if not, write to the
        !           529: Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge,
        !           530: MA 02139, USA.
        !           531: @end smallexample
        !           532: 
        !           533: Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
        !           534: 
        !           535: You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
        !           536: school, if any, to sign a ``copyright disclaimer'' for the library, if
        !           537: necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:
        !           538: 
        !           539: @example
        !           540: Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in
        !           541: the library `Frob' (a library for tweaking knobs) written
        !           542: by James Random Hacker.
        !           543: 
        !           544: @var{signature of Ty Coon}, 1 April 1990
        !           545: Ty Coon, President of Vice
        !           546: @end example
        !           547: 
        !           548: That's all there is to it!

unix.superglobalmegacorp.com

This archive runs on limited infrastructure. Preserving old code on modern bandwidth. Automated agents are requested to crawl responsibly.