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-                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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-                       Version 3, 29 June 2007
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+                    GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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+                       Version 3, 19 November 2007
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  Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>
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  Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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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 to
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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 free
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-software for all its users.  We, the Free Software Foundation, use the
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-GNU General Public License for most of our software; it applies also to
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-any other work released this way by its authors.  You can apply it to
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-your programs, too.
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+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 have
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-certain responsibilities if you distribute copies of the software, or if
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-you modify it: responsibilities to respect the freedom 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 manufacturer
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-can do so.  This is fundamentally incompatible with the aim of
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-protecting users' freedom to change the software.  The systematic
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-pattern of such abuse occurs in the area of products for individuals to
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-use, which is precisely where it is most unacceptable.  Therefore, we
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-have designed this version of the GPL to prohibit the practice for those
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-products.  If such problems arise substantially in other domains, we
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-stand ready to extend this provision to those domains in future versions
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-of the GPL, as needed to protect the 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 to
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-avoid the special danger that patents applied to a free program could
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-make it effectively proprietary.  To prevent this, the GPL assures that
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-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 under
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+this license.
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   The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
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 modification follow.
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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 License.
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   "Copyright" also means copyright-like laws that apply to other kinds of
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 works, such as semiconductor masks.
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 the Program, the only way you could satisfy both those terms and this
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 License would be to refrain entirely from conveying the Program.
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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 version
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+supports such interaction) an opportunity to receive the Corresponding
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+Source of your version by providing access to the Corresponding Source
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+from a network server at no charge, through some standard or customary
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+means of facilitating copying of software.  This Corresponding Source
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+shall include the Corresponding Source for any work covered by version 3
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+of the GNU General Public License that is incorporated pursuant to the
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+following paragraph.
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   Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, you have
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 permission to link or combine any covered work with a work licensed
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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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   14. Revised Versions of this License.
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   The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of
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-the GNU General Public License from time to time.  Such new versions will
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-be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to
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+the GNU Affero 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 detail to
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 address new problems or concerns.
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   Each version is given a distinguishing version number.  If the
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-Program specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU General
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+Program 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 General Public License, you may choose any version ever published
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+GNU Affero General Public License, you may choose any version ever published
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 by the Free Software Foundation.
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   If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future
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-versions of the GNU General Public License can be used, that proxy's
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+versions 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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 to choose that version for the Program.
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     Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
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     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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+    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
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     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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-    GNU General Public License for more details.
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+    GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
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-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
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     along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
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-    <program>  Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
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-    This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
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-    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
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-    under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
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-The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
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-parts of the General Public License.  Of course, your program's commands
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-might be different; for a GUI interface, you would 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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+solutions will be better for different programs; see section 13 for the
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   You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
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 if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary.
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-For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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-into proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you
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-may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
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-the library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
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