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1Valid-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2Valid-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
3Valid-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
4Valid-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
5SPDX-URL: https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.html
6Usage-Guide:
7  To use this license in source code, put one of the following SPDX
8  tag/value pairs into a comment according to the placement
9  guidelines in the licensing rules documentation.
10  For 'GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 only' use:
11    SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
12  or
13    SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
14  For 'GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or any later version' use:
15    SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
16  or
17    SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
18License-Text:
19
20		    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
21		       Version 2, June 1991
22
23 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
24                       51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
25 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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27
28			    Preamble
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30  The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
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79   TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
80
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98  1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
99source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
100conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate
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298
299		     END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
300
301	    How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
302
303  If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
304possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
305free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
306
307  To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest
308to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
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310the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
311
312    <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
313    Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
314
315    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
316    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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318    (at your option) any later version.
319
320    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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325    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
326    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
327    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
328
329
330Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
331
332If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
333when it starts in an interactive mode:
334
335    Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
336    Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
337    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
338    under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
339
340The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
341parts of the General Public License.  Of course, the commands you use may
342be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
343mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
344
345You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
346school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
347necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:
348
349  Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
350  `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
351
352  <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
353  Ty Coon, President of Vice
354
355This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
356proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you may
357consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
358library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
359Public License instead of this License.
360