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Toprotecteachdistributorw, ewant to makeit veryclearthatthereis no warrantyfor thefree library.Also,if the libraryis modifiedby someoneelse andpassedon,the recipientsshould knowthatwhattheyhaveis not the originalversions, o thatthe original author'sreputationwill not be affected by problemsthat mightbe introducedby others. Finallys,oftwarepatentsposea constant threatto the existenceof anyfree program.Wewishto makesurethat a companycannoteffectivelyrestrictthe usersof a free programbyobtaininga restrictivelicensefrom a patentholder. Thereforew, einsistthat anypatent licenseobtainedfor a versionof the librarymustbeconsistentwiththe full freedomof usespecifiedin this license. MostGNUsoftwarei,ncludingsome librariesi,s coveredbythe ordinaryGNU GeneraPl ublicLicenseT. hislicense, the GNULesserGeneraPl ublicLicense, appliesto certaindesignatedlibraries, aGnedniesrqauPl iutebdliicffLeirceenntfsroeWm. ethuesoerthdiisnary licensefor certainlibrariesin orderto permitlinkingthoselibrariesinto non-free programs. Whena programis linkedwitha library, whetherstaticallyor usinga sharedlibrary, the combinationof the two is legally speakinga combinedwork,a derivativeof the originalibraryT. heordinaryGeneral PublicLicensethereforepermitssuch linkingonlyif the entirecombinationfits itscriteriaof freedom.The LesserGeneral PublicLicensepermitsmorelaxcriteria for linkingothercodewiththe library. Wecallthis licensethe "Lesser"General PublicLicensebecauseit doesLess to protectthe user'sfreedomthan the ordinaryGeneraPl ublicLicense. It alsoprovidesotherfree software developersLessof an advantageover competingnon-freeprogramsT. hese disadvantageasrethe reasonwe usethe ordinaryGeneraPl ublicLicensefor many librariesH. owevetrh, e Lesserlicense providesadvantagesin certainspecial circumstances. Forexampleo, n rareoccasionst,here maybe a specialneedto encouragethe wsoidtheasttpitobsesicbolemuseesaodf ea-cfaecrttaoisntlaibnrdaaryrd, . Toachievethis,non-freeprogramsmust be allowedto usethe library.A more frequentcaseis thata free librarydoes the samejob aswidelyusednon-free libraries.Inthis case,thereis littleto gain by limitingthe freelibraryto free software oLnicley,nssoew.eusethe LesseGr eneraPl ublic In othercases,permissionto usea particularlibraryin non-freeprograms enablesa greaternumberof peopleto usea largebodyof freesoftwareF. or examplep, ermissionto usethe GNUC Libraryin non-freeprogramsenables manymorepeopleto usethe wholeGNU operatingsystema, swellasits variant, the GNU/Linuxoperatingsystem. Althoughthe LesseGr eneraPl ublic Licenseis Lessprotectiveof the users' freedom,it doesensurethat the userof a pthreofgrreaemdtohmataisndlinthkeewdwhiethrethweitLhiabtolrarruynhas thatprogramusinga modifiedversionof the Library. Theprecisetermsand conditionsfor copyingd, istributionandmodification fdoilflfoewre.Pnaceybcelotsweeaettnean"twioonrtkobtahseedon the library"anda "workthat usesthe library". Theformercontainscodederivedfrom the libraryw, hereasthe lattermustbe combinedwiththe libraryin orderto run. GNU LESSER LICENSE GENERAL PUBLIC 3> q] TERMSAND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, q3 Fq DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION Z O. This license agreement applies to any software library or other program X which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder or other authorized party saying it may be distributed under the terms of this Lesser General Public License (also called "this license"). Each license is addressed as "you". A "library" means a collection of software functions and/or data prepared so as to be conveniently linked with application programs (which use some of those functions and data) to form executables. The "Library", below, refers to any such software library or work which has been distributed under these terms. A "work based on the Library" means either the Library or any derivative work under copyright law: that is to say, a work containing the library or a portion of it, 51