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# GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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# GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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Version 3, 29 June 2007
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Version 3, 19 November 2007
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Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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<https://fsf.org/>
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## Preamble
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The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for
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software and other kinds of works.
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The GNU Affero General Public License is a free, copyleft license for
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software and other kinds of works, specifically designed to ensure
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cooperation with the community in the case of network server software.
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The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed
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to take away your freedom to share and change the works. By contrast,
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the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom
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to share and change all versions of a program--to make sure it remains
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free software for all its users. We, the Free Software Foundation, use
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the GNU General Public License for most of our software; it applies
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also to any other work released this way by its authors. You can apply
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it to your programs, too.
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our General Public Licenses are intended to guarantee your freedom to
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share and change all versions of a program--to make sure it remains
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free software for all its users.
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When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
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price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
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want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new
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free programs, and that you know you can do these things.
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To protect your rights, we need to prevent others from denying you
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these rights or asking you to surrender the rights. Therefore, you
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have certain responsibilities if you distribute copies of the
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software, or if you modify it: responsibilities to respect the freedom
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of others.
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For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
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gratis or for a fee, you must pass on to the recipients the same
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freedoms that you received. You must make sure that they, too, receive
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or can get the source code. And you must show them these terms so they
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know their rights.
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Developers that use the GNU GPL protect your rights with two steps:
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(1) assert copyright on the software, and (2) offer you this License
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giving you legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify it.
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For the developers' and authors' protection, the GPL clearly explains
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that there is no warranty for this free software. For both users' and
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authors' sake, the GPL requires that modified versions be marked as
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changed, so that their problems will not be attributed erroneously to
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authors of previous versions.
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Some devices are designed to deny users access to install or run
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modified versions of the software inside them, although the
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manufacturer can do so. This is fundamentally incompatible with the
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aim of protecting users' freedom to change the software. The
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systematic pattern of such abuse occurs in the area of products for
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individuals to use, which is precisely where it is most unacceptable.
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Therefore, we have designed this version of the GPL to prohibit the
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practice for those products. If such problems arise substantially in
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other domains, we stand ready to extend this provision to those
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domains in future versions of the GPL, as needed to protect the
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freedom of users.
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Finally, every program is threatened constantly by software patents.
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States should not allow patents to restrict development and use of
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software on general-purpose computers, but in those that do, we wish
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to avoid the special danger that patents applied to a free program
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could make it effectively proprietary. To prevent this, the GPL
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assures that patents cannot be used to render the program non-free.
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Developers that use our General Public Licenses protect your rights
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with two steps: (1) assert copyright on the software, and (2) offer
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you this License which gives you legal permission to copy, distribute
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and/or modify the software.
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A secondary benefit of defending all users' freedom is that
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improvements made in alternate versions of the program, if they
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receive widespread use, become available for other developers to
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incorporate. Many developers of free software are heartened and
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encouraged by the resulting cooperation. However, in the case of
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software used on network servers, this result may fail to come about.
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The GNU General Public License permits making a modified version and
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letting the public access it on a server without ever releasing its
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source code to the public.
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The GNU Affero General Public License is designed specifically to
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ensure that, in such cases, the modified source code becomes available
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to the community. It requires the operator of a network server to
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provide the source code of the modified version running there to the
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users of that server. Therefore, public use of a modified version, on
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a publicly accessible server, gives the public access to the source
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code of the modified version.
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An older license, called the Affero General Public License and
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published by Affero, was designed to accomplish similar goals. This is
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a different license, not a version of the Affero GPL, but Affero has
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released a new version of the Affero GPL which permits relicensing
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under this license.
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The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
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### 0. Definitions.
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"This License" refers to version 3 of the GNU General Public License.
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"This License" refers to version 3 of the GNU Affero General Public
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### 13. Use with the GNU Affero General Public License.
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### 13. Remote Network Interaction; Use with the GNU General Public License.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, if you modify the
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Program, your modified version must prominently offer all users
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interacting with it remotely through a computer network (if your
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version supports such interaction) an opportunity to receive the
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Corresponding Source of your version by providing access to the
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Corresponding Source from a network server at no charge, through some
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standard or customary means of facilitating copying of software. This
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Corresponding Source shall include the Corresponding Source for any
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work covered by version 3 of the GNU General Public License that is
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incorporated pursuant to the following paragraph.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, you have
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under version 3 of the GNU Affero General Public License into a single
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under version 3 of the GNU General Public License into a single
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combined work, and to convey the resulting work. The terms of this
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License will continue to apply to the part which is the covered work,
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but the special requirements of the GNU Affero General Public License,
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section 13, concerning interaction through a network will apply to the
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combination as such.
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but the work with which it is combined will remain governed by version
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3 of the GNU General Public License.
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The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
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of the GNU General Public License from time to time. Such new versions
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will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in
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detail to address new problems or concerns.
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of the GNU Affero General Public License from time to time. Such new
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versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may
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Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program
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specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU General Public
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License "or any later version" applies to it, you have the option of
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following the terms and conditions either of that numbered version or
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of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If the
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Program does not specify a version number of the GNU General Public
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License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free
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specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU Affero General
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Public License "or any later version" applies to it, you have the
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option of following the terms and conditions either of that numbered
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version or of any later version published by the Free Software
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Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of the
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GNU Affero General Public License, you may choose any version ever
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If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future versions
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of the GNU General Public License can be used, that proxy's public
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statement of acceptance of a version permanently authorizes you to
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of the GNU Affero General Public License can be used, that proxy's
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public statement of acceptance of a version permanently authorizes you
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This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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The hypothetical commands \`show w' and \`show c' should show the
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appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, your
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program's commands might be different; for a GUI interface, you would
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use an "about box".
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If your software can interact with users remotely through a computer
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network, you should also make sure that it provides a way for users to
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get its source. For example, if your program is a web application, its
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interface could display a "Source" link that leads users to an archive
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of the code. There are many ways you could offer source, and different
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