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| 516 | | |
| 517 | | @page |
| 518 | | @appendixsubsec How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries |
| 519 | | |
| 520 | | If you develop a new library, and you want it to be of the greatest |
| 521 | | possible use to the public, we recommend making it free software that |
| 522 | | everyone can redistribute and change. You can do so by permitting |
| 523 | | redistribution under these terms (or, alternatively, under the terms of the |
| 524 | | ordinary General Public License). |
| 525 | | |
| 526 | | To apply these terms, attach the following notices to the library. It is |
| 527 | | safest to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively |
| 528 | | convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the |
| 529 | | ``copyright'' line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. |
| 530 | | |
| 531 | | @smallexample |
| 532 | | @var{one line to give the library's name and an idea of what it does.} |
| 533 | | Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{name of author} |
| 534 | | |
| 535 | | This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it |
| 536 | | under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by |
| 537 | | the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at |
| 538 | | your option) any later version. |
| 539 | | |
| 540 | | This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but |
| 541 | | WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
| 542 | | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU |
| 543 | | Lesser General Public License for more details. |
| 544 | | |
| 545 | | You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public |
| 546 | | License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software |
| 547 | | Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02110-1301, |
| 548 | | USA. |
| 549 | | @end smallexample |
| 550 | | |
| 551 | | Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. |
| 552 | | |
| 553 | | You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your |
| 554 | | school, if any, to sign a ``copyright disclaimer'' for the library, if |
| 555 | | necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names: |
| 556 | | |
| 557 | | @smallexample |
| 558 | | Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the library |
| 559 | | `Frob' (a library for tweaking knobs) written by James Random Hacker. |
| 560 | | |
| 561 | | @var{signature of Ty Coon}, 1 April 1990 |
| 562 | | Ty Coon, President of Vice |
| 563 | | @end smallexample |
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