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GPL(7)				      GNU				GPL(7)

NAME
       gpl - GNU General Public License

DESCRIPTION
   GNU General Public License
   Version 3, 29 June 2007
	       Copyright (c) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>

	       Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
	       license document, but changing it is not allowed.

   Preamble
       The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for software
       and other kinds of works.

       The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed
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       also to any other work released this way by its authors.	 You can apply
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       For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether gratis
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	   WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
	   INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
	   MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE ENTIRE
	   RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU.
	   SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL
	   NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

       16. Limitation of Liability.
	   IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN
	   WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES
	   AND/OR CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR
	   DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
	   CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE
	   THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA
	   BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD
	   PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
	   PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF
	   THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

       17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
	   If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
	   above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
	   reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely
	   approximates an absolute waiver of all civil liability in
	   connection with the Program, unless a warranty or assumption of
	   liability accompanies a copy of the Program in return for a fee.

   END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
   How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
       If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
       possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
       free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these
       terms.

       To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest to
       attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively state
       the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the
       "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.

	       <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
	       Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>

	       This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
	       it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
	       the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
	       your option) any later version.

	       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
	       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
	       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
	       General Public License for more details.

	       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
	       along with this program.	 If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

       Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper
       mail.

       If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short notice
       like this when it starts in an interactive mode:

	       <program> Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
	       This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type "show w".
	       This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
	       under certain conditions; type "show c" for details.

       The hypothetical commands show w and show c should show the appropriate
       parts of the General Public License.  Of course, your program's
       commands might be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an
       "about box".

       You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or
       school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
       necessary.  For more information on this, and how to apply and follow
       the GNU GPL, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

       The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your
       program into proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine
       library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary
       applications with the library.  If this is what you want to do, use the
       GNU Lesser General Public License instead of this License.  But first,
       please read <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html>.

SEE ALSO
       gfdl(7), fsf-funding(7).

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

       Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
       license document, but changing it is not allowed.

gcc-4.8.2			  2013-10-16				GPL(7)
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