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Weprotectyourrightswithatwo-stepmethod:(1)wecopyrightthelibrary,and(2)weofferyouthislicense,whichgivesyoulegalpermissiontocopy,distributeand/ormodifythelibrary.

Toprotecteachdistributor,wewanttomakeitveryclearthatthereisnowarrantyforthefreelibrary.Also,ifthelibraryismodifiedbysomeoneelseandpassedon,therecipientsshouldknowthat

whattheyhaveisnottheoriginalversion,sothattheoriginalauthor'sreputationwillnotbeaffectedbyproblemsthatmightbeintroducedbyothers.

Finally,softwarepatentsposeaconstantthreattotheexistenceofanyfreeprogram.Wewishtomakesurethatacompanycannoteffectivelyrestricttheusersofafreeprogrambyobtaininga

restrictivelicensefromapatentholder.Therefore,weinsistthatanypatentlicenseobtainedforaversionofthelibrarymustbeconsistentwiththefullfreedomofusespecifiedinthislicense.

MostGNUsoftware,includingsomelibraries,iscoveredbytheordinaryGNUGeneralPublicLicense.Thislicense,theGNULesserGeneralPublicLicense,appliestocertaindesignatedlibraries,and

isquitedifferentfromtheordinaryGeneralPublicLicense.Weusethislicenseforcertainlibrariesinordertopermitlinkingthoselibrariesintonon-freeprograms.

Whenaprogramislinkedwithalibrary,whetherstaticallyorusingasharedlibrary,thecombinationofthetwoislegallyspeakingacombinedwork,aderivativeoftheoriginallibrary.Theordinary

GeneralPublicLicensethereforepermitssuchlinkingonlyiftheentirecombinationfitsitscriteriaoffreedom.TheLesserGeneralPublicLicensepermitsmorelaxcriteriaforlinkingothercodewith

thelibrary.

Wecallthislicensethe"Lesser"GeneralPublicLicensebecauseitdoesLesstoprotecttheuser'sfreedomthantheordinaryGeneralPublicLicense.Italsoprovidesotherfreesoftwaredevelopers

Lessofanadvantageovercompetingnon-freeprograms.ThesedisadvantagesarethereasonweusetheordinaryGeneralPublicLicenseformanylibraries.However,theLesserlicenseprovides

advantagesincertainspecialcircumstances.

Forexample,onrareoccasions,theremaybeaspecialneedtoencouragethewidestpossibleuseofacertainlibrary,sothatitbecomesade-factostandard.Toachievethis,non-freeprograms

mustbeallowedtousethelibrary.Amorefrequentcaseisthatafreelibrarydoesthesamejobaswidelyusednon-freelibraries.Inthiscase,thereislittletogainbylimitingthefreelibrarytofree

softwareonly,soweusetheLesserGeneralPublicLicense.

Inothercases,permissiontouseaparticularlibraryinnon-freeprogramsenablesagreaternumberofpeopletousealargebodyoffreesoftware.Forexample,permissiontousetheGNUCLibrary

innon-freeprogramsenablesmanymorepeopletousethewholeGNUoperatingsystem,aswellasitsvariant,theGNU/Linuxoperatingsystem.

AlthoughtheLesserGeneralPublicLicenseisLessprotectiveoftheusers'freedom,itdoesensurethattheuserofaprogramthatislinkedwiththeLibraryhasthefreedomandthewherewithalto

runthatprogramusingamodifiedversionoftheLibrary.

Theprecisetermsandconditionsforcopying,distributionandmodificationfollow.Paycloseattentiontothedifferencebetweena"workbasedonthelibrary"anda"workthatusesthelibrary".

Theformercontainscodederivedfromthelibrary,whereasthelattermustbecombinedwiththelibraryinordertorun.

TERMSANDCONDITIONSFORCOPYING,DISTRIBUTIONANDMODIFICATION

0.ThisLicenseAgreementappliestoanysoftwarelibraryorotherprogramwhichcontainsanoticeplacedbythecopyrightholderorotherauthorizedpartysayingitmaybedistributedunderthe

termsofthisLesserGeneralPublicLicense(alsocalled"thisLicense").Eachlicenseeisaddressedas"you".

A"library"meansacollectionofsoftwarefunctionsand/ordatapreparedsoastobeconvenientlylinkedwithapplicationprograms(whichusesomeofthosefunctionsanddata)toform

executables.

The"Library",below,referstoanysuchsoftwarelibraryorworkwhichhasbeendistributedundertheseterms.A"workbasedontheLibrary"meanseithertheLibraryoranyderivativeworkunder

copyrightlaw:thatistosay,aworkcontainingtheLibraryoraportionofit,eitherverbatimorwithmodificationsand/ortranslatedstraightforwardlyintoanotherlanguage.(Hereinafter,

translationisincludedwithoutlimitationintheterm"modification".)

"Sourcecode"foraworkmeansthepreferredformoftheworkformakingmodificationstoit.Foralibrary,completesourcecodemeansallthesourcecodeforallmodulesitcontains,plusany

associatedinterfacedefinitionfiles,plusthescriptsusedtocontrolcompilationandinstallationofthelibrary.

Activitiesotherthancopying,distributionandmodificationarenotcoveredbythisLicense;theyareoutsideitsscope.TheactofrunningaprogramusingtheLibraryisnotrestricted,andoutput

fromsuchaprogramiscoveredonlyifitscontentsconstituteaworkbasedontheLibrary(independentoftheuseoftheLibraryinatoolforwritingit).Whetherthatistruedependsonwhatthe

LibrarydoesandwhattheprogramthatusestheLibrarydoes.

1.YoumaycopyanddistributeverbatimcopiesoftheLibrary'scompletesourcecodeasyoureceiveit,inanymedium,providedthatyouconspicuouslyandappropriatelypublishoneachcopyan

appropriatecopyrightnoticeanddisclaimerofwarranty;keepintactallthenoticesthatrefertothisLicenseandtotheabsenceofanywarranty;anddistributeacopyofthisLicensealongwiththe

Library.

Youmaychargeafeeforthephysicalactoftransferringacopy,andyoumayatyouroptionofferwarrantyprotectioninexchangeforafee.

2.YoumaymodifyyourcopyorcopiesoftheLibraryoranyportionofit,thusformingaworkbasedontheLibrary,andcopyanddistributesuchmodificationsorworkunderthetermsofSection1

above,providedthatyoualsomeetalloftheseconditions:

a)Themodifiedworkmustitselfbeasoftwarelibrary.

b)Youmustcausethefilesmodifiedtocarryprominentnoticesstatingthatyouchangedthefilesandthedateofanychange.

c)YoumustcausethewholeoftheworktobelicensedatnochargetoallthirdpartiesunderthetermsofthisLicense.

d)IfafacilityinthemodifiedLibraryreferstoafunctionoratableofdatatobesuppliedbyanapplicationprogramthatusesthefacility,otherthanasanargumentpassedwhenthefacilityis

invoked,thenyoumustmakeagoodfaithefforttoensurethat,intheeventanapplicationdoesnotsupplysuchfunctionortable,thefacilitystilloperates,andperformswhateverpartofits

purposeremainsmeaningful.

(Forexample,afunctioninalibrarytocomputesquarerootshasapurposethatisentirelywell-definedindependentoftheapplication.Therefore,Subsection2drequiresthatanyapplication-

suppliedfunctionortableusedbythisfunctionmustbeoptional:iftheapplicationdoesnotsupplyit,thesquarerootfunctionmuststillcomputesquareroots.)

Theserequirementsapplytothemodifiedworkasawhole.IfidentifiablesectionsofthatworkarenotderivedfromtheLibrary,andcanbereasonablyconsideredindependentandseparateworks

inthemselves,thenthisLicense,anditsterms,donotapplytothosesectionswhenyoudistributethemasseparateworks.Butwhenyoudistributethesamesectionsaspartofawholewhichisa

workbasedontheLibrary,thedistributionofthewholemustbeonthetermsofthisLicense,whosepermissionsforotherlicenseesextendtotheentirewhole,andthustoeachandeverypart

regardlessofwhowroteit.

Thus,itisnottheintentofthissectiontoclaimrightsorcontestyourrightstoworkwrittenentirelybyyou;rather,theintentistoexercisetherighttocontrolthedistributionofderivativeor

collectiveworksbasedontheLibrary.

Inaddition,mereaggregationofanotherworknotbasedontheLibrarywiththeLibrary(orwithaworkbasedontheLibrary)onavolumeofastorageordistributionmediumdoesnotbringthe

otherworkunderthescopeofthisLicense.

3.YoumayopttoapplythetermsoftheordinaryGNUGeneralPublicLicenseinsteadofthisLicensetoagivencopyoftheLibrary.Todothis,youmustalterallthenoticesthatrefertothisLicense,

sothattheyrefertotheordinaryGNUGeneralPublicLicense,version2,insteadoftothisLicense.(Ifanewerversionthanversion2oftheordinaryGNUGeneralPublicLicensehasappeared,then

youcanspecifythatversioninsteadifyouwish.)Donotmakeanyotherchangeinthesenotices.

Oncethischangeismadeinagivencopy,itisirreversibleforthatcopy,sotheordinaryGNUGeneralPublicLicenseappliestoallsubsequentcopiesandderivativeworksmadefromthatcopy.

ThisoptionisusefulwhenyouwishtocopypartofthecodeoftheLibraryintoaprogramthatisnotalibrary.

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