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The purpose of this License is to make a manual, textbook, or other
functional and useful document "free" in the sense of freedom: to
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functional and useful document "free" in the sense of freedom: to
assure everyone the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it,
with or without modifying it, either commercially or noncommercially.
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to get credit for their work, while not being considered responsible
for modifications made by others.
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GCC RUNTIME LIBRARY EXCEPTION
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License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free
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General Public License applies to most of the Free Software
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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole combination.
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GNU Simpler Free Documentation License
Discussion Draft 1 of Version 1, 25 September 2006
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GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC
LICENSE
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Copyright (C) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
[This is the first released version of the library GPL. It is
numbered 2 because it goes with version 2 of the ordinary GPL.]
Preamble
The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public
Licenses are intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change
free software--to make sure the software is free for all its users.
This license, the Libra...
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GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2.1, February 1999
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51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
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of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
[This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL. It also counts
as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence
the version number 2.1.]
Preamble
The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public
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free software--to make sure the software is ...
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GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
This version of the GNU Lesser General Public License incorporates
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As used herein, “this License†refers to version 3 of the GNU Lesser
General Public License, and the “GNU GPL†refers to version 3 of the GNU
General Public License.
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