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Began work on moving from GNU GPL v2 or later to GNU GPL v3 or later.
TODO : Also move command line tools and library.
TODO : Change documentation from SGML DocBook? to XML DocBook? to
TODO : accomodate the GNU GPL v3 text available in DocBook? XML
TODO : from www.gnu.org

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2<!DOCTYPE appendix PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
4<appendix>
5  <title>
6    <acronym>GNU</acronym> General Public License version 3
7  </title>
8  <para>
9    Version 3, 29 June 2007
10  </para>
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431   <bridgehead id="AdditionalTerms" renderas="sect1">
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435     &ldquo;Additional permissions&rdquo; are terms that supplement the terms of
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501     All other non-permissive additional terms are considered &ldquo;further
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520     requirements apply either way.
521   </para>
522   <bridgehead id="Termination" renderas="sect1">
523     8. Termination.
524   </bridgehead>
525   <para>
526     You may not propagate or modify a covered work except as expressly provided
527     under this License.  Any attempt otherwise to propagate or modify it is
528     void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License
529     (including any patent licenses granted under the third paragraph of section
530     11).
531   </para>
532   <para>
533     However, if you cease all violation of this License, then your license from
534     a particular copyright holder is reinstated (a) provisionally, unless and
535     until the copyright holder explicitly and finally terminates your license,
536     and (b) permanently, if the copyright holder fails to notify you of the
537     violation by some reasonable means prior to 60 days after the cessation.
538   </para>
539   <para>
540     Moreover, your license from a particular copyright holder is reinstated
541     permanently if the copyright holder notifies you of the violation by some
542     reasonable means, this is the first time you have received notice of
543     violation of this License (for any work) from that copyright holder, and
544     you cure the violation prior to 30 days after your receipt of the notice.
545   </para>
546   <para>
547     Termination of your rights under this section does not terminate the
548     licenses of parties who have received copies or rights from you under this
549     License.  If your rights have been terminated and not permanently
550     reinstated, you do not qualify to receive new licenses for the same
551     material under section 10.
552   </para>
553   <bridgehead id="AcceptanceNotRequired" renderas="sect1">
554     9. Acceptance Not Required for Having Copies.
555   </bridgehead>
556   <para>
557     You are not required to accept this License in order to receive or run a
558     copy of the Program.  Ancillary propagation of a covered work occurring
559     solely as a consequence of using peer-to-peer transmission to receive a
560     copy likewise does not require acceptance.  However, nothing other than
561     this License grants you permission to propagate or modify any covered work.
562     These actions infringe copyright if you do not accept this License.
563     Therefore, by modifying or propagating a covered work, you indicate your
564     acceptance of this License to do so.
565   </para>
566   <bridgehead id="AutomaticDownstream" renderas="sect1">
567     10. Automatic Licensing of Downstream Recipients.
568   </bridgehead>
569   <para>
570     Each time you convey a covered work, the recipient automatically receives a
571     license from the original licensors, to run, modify and propagate that
572     work, subject to this License.  You are not responsible for enforcing
573     compliance by third parties with this License.
574   </para>
575   <para>
576     An &ldquo;entity transaction&rdquo; is a transaction transferring control
577     of an organization, or substantially all assets of one, or subdividing an
578     organization, or merging organizations.  If propagation of a covered work
579     results from an entity transaction, each party to that transaction who
580     receives a copy of the work also receives whatever licenses to the work the
581     party&rsquo;s predecessor in interest had or could give under the previous
582     paragraph, plus a right to possession of the Corresponding Source of the
583     work from the predecessor in interest, if the predecessor has it or can get
584     it with reasonable efforts.
585   </para>
586   <para>
587     You may not impose any further restrictions on the exercise of the rights
588     granted or affirmed under this License.  For example, you may not impose a
589     license fee, royalty, or other charge for exercise of rights granted under
590     this License, and you may not initiate litigation (including a cross-claim
591     or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that any patent claim is infringed
592     by making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing the Program or
593     any portion of it.
594   </para>
595  <bridgehead id="Patents" renderas="sect1">
596    11. Patents.
597  </bridgehead>
598  <para>
599    A &ldquo;contributor&rdquo; is a copyright holder who authorizes use under
600    this License of the Program or a work on which the Program is based.  The
601    work thus licensed is called the contributor&rsquo;s &ldquo;contributor
602    version&rdquo;.
603  </para>
604  <para>
605    A contributor&rsquo;s &ldquo;essential patent claims&rdquo; are all patent
606    claims owned or controlled by the contributor, whether already acquired or
607    hereafter acquired, that would be infringed by some manner, permitted by
608    this License, of making, using, or selling its contributor version, but do
609    not include claims that would be infringed only as a consequence of further
610    modification of the contributor version.  For purposes of this definition,
611    &ldquo;control&rdquo; includes the right to grant patent sublicenses in a
612    manner consistent with the requirements of this License.
613  </para>
614  <para>
615    Each contributor grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free patent
616    license under the contributor&rsquo;s essential patent claims, to make, use,
617    sell, offer for sale, import and otherwise run, modify and propagate the
618    contents of its contributor version.
619  </para>
620  <para>
621    In the following three paragraphs, a &ldquo;patent license&rdquo; is any
622    express agreement or commitment, however denominated, not to enforce a
623    patent (such as an express permission to practice a patent or covenant not
624    to sue for patent infringement).  To &ldquo;grant&rdquo; such a patent
625    license to a party means to make such an agreement or commitment not to
626    enforce a patent against the party.
627  </para>
628  <para>
629    If you convey a covered work, knowingly relying on a patent license, and the
630    Corresponding Source of the work is not available for anyone to copy, free
631    of charge and under the terms of this License, through a publicly available
632    network server or other readily accessible means, then you must either (1)
633    cause the Corresponding Source to be so available, or (2) arrange to deprive
634    yourself of the benefit of the patent license for this particular work, or
635    (3) arrange, in a manner consistent with the requirements of this License,
636    to extend the patent license to downstream recipients.  &ldquo;Knowingly
637    relying&rdquo; means you have actual knowledge that, but for the patent
638    license, your conveying the covered work in a country, or your
639    recipient&rsquo;s use of the covered work in a country, would infringe one
640    or more identifiable patents in that country that you have reason to believe
641    are valid.
642  </para>
643  <para>
644    If, pursuant to or in connection with a single transaction or arrangement,
645    you convey, or propagate by procuring conveyance of, a covered work, and
646    grant a patent license to some of the parties receiving the covered work
647    authorizing them to use, propagate, modify or convey a specific copy of the
648    covered work, then the patent license you grant is automatically extended to
649    all recipients of the covered work and works based on it.
650  </para>
651  <para>
652    A patent license is &ldquo;discriminatory&rdquo; if it does not include
653    within the scope of its coverage, prohibits the exercise of, or is
654    conditioned on the non-exercise of one or more of the rights that are
655    specifically granted under this License.  You may not convey a covered work
656    if you are a party to an arrangement with a third party that is in the
657    business of distributing software, under which you make payment to the third
658    party based on the extent of your activity of conveying the work, and under
659    which the third party grants, to any of the parties who would receive the
660    covered work from you, a discriminatory patent license (a) in connection
661    with copies of the covered work conveyed by you (or copies made from those
662    copies), or (b) primarily for and in connection with specific products or
663    compilations that contain the covered work, unless you entered into that
664    arrangement, or that patent license was granted, prior to 28 March 2007.
665  </para>
666  <para>
667    Nothing in this License shall be construed as excluding or limiting any
668    implied license or other defenses to infringement that may otherwise be
669    available to you under applicable patent law.
670  </para>
671  <bridgehead id="NoSurrender" renderas="sect1">
672    12. No Surrender of Others&rsquo; Freedom.
673  </bridgehead>
674  <para>
675    If conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
676    otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not
677    excuse you from the conditions of this License.  If you cannot convey a
678    covered work so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this
679    License and any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you may
680    not convey it at all.  For example, if you agree to terms that obligate you
681    to collect a royalty for further conveying from those to whom you convey the
682    Program, the only way you could satisfy both those terms and this License
683    would be to refrain entirely from conveying the Program.
684  </para>
685  <bridgehead id="UsedWithAGPL" renderas="sect1">
686    13. Use with the <acronym>GNU</acronym> Affero General Public License.
687  </bridgehead>
688  <para>
689    Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, you have permission to
690    link or combine any covered work with a work licensed under version 3 of the
691    <acronym>GNU</acronym> Affero General Public License into a single combined
692    work, and to convey the resulting work.  The terms of this License will
693    continue to apply to the part which is the covered work, but the special
694    requirements of the <acronym>GNU</acronym> Affero General Public License,
695    section 13, concerning interaction through a network will apply to the
696    combination as such.
697  </para>
698  <bridgehead id="RevisedVersions" renderas="sect1">
699    14. Revised Versions of this License.
700  </bridgehead>
701  <para>
702    The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the
703    <acronym>GNU</acronym> General Public License from time to time.  Such new
704    versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in
705    detail to address new problems or concerns.
706  </para>
707  <para>
708    Each version is given a distinguishing version number.  If the Program
709    specifies that a certain numbered version of the <acronym>GNU</acronym>
710    General Public License &ldquo;or any later version&rdquo; applies to it, you
711    have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that
712    numbered version or of any later version published by the Free Software
713    Foundation.  If the Program does not specify a version number of the
714    <acronym>GNU</acronym> General Public License, you may choose any version
715    ever published by the Free Software Foundation.
716  </para>
717  <para>
718    If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future versions of
719    the <acronym>GNU</acronym> General Public License can be used, that
720    proxy&rsquo;s public statement of acceptance of a version permanently
721    authorizes you to choose that version for the Program.
722  </para>
723  <para>
724    Later license versions may give you additional or different permissions.
725    However, no additional obligations are imposed on any author or copyright
726    holder as a result of your choosing to follow a later version.
727  </para>
728  <bridgehead id="WarrantyDisclaimer" renderas="sect1">
729    15. Disclaimer of Warranty.
730  </bridgehead>
731  <para>
732    THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
733    LAW.  EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR
734    OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM &ldquo;AS IS&rdquo; WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
735    ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
736    IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
737    THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH
738    YOU.  SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL
739    NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
740  </para>
741  <bridgehead id="LiabilityLimitation" renderas="sect1">
742    16. Limitation of Liability.
743  </bridgehead>
744  <para>
745    IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL
746    ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THE
747    PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
748    GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE
749    OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA
750    OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD
751    PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS),
752    EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
753    SUCH DAMAGES.
754  </para>
755  <bridgehead id="InterpretationSecs1516" renderas="sect1">
756    17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
757  </bridgehead>
758  <para>
759    If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided above
760    cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms, reviewing
761    courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates an absolute
762    waiver of all civil liability in connection with the Program, unless a
763    warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a copy of the Program in
764    return for a fee.
765  </para>
766  <bridgehead>
767    END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
768  </bridgehead>
769  <bridgehead id="HowToApply" renderas="sect1">
770    How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
771  </bridgehead>
772  <para>
773    If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest possible
774    use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it free software
775    which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
776  </para>
777  <para>
778    To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest to
779    attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively state the
780    exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the
781    &ldquo;copyright&rdquo; line and a pointer to where the full notice is
782    found.
783  </para>
784  <screen>
785<replaceable>one line to give the program&rsquo;s name and a brief idea of what it does.</replaceable>
786Copyright (C) <replaceable>year</replaceable> <replaceable>name of author</replaceable>
787
788This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
789it under the terms of the <acronym>GNU</acronym> General Public License as published by
790the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
791(at your option) any later version.
792
793This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
794but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
795MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
796<acronym>GNU</acronym> General Public License for more details.
797
798You should have received a copy of the <acronym>GNU</acronym> General Public License
799along with this program.  If not, see <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/</ulink>.
800  </screen>
801  <para>
802    Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
803  </para>
804  <para>
805    If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short notice like
806    this when it starts in an interactive mode:
807  </para>
808  <screen>
809<replaceable>program</replaceable> Copyright (C) <replaceable>year</replaceable> <replaceable>name of author</replaceable>
810This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type &lsquo;<literal>show w</literal>&rsquo;.
811This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
812under certain conditions; type &lsquo;<literal>show c</literal>&rsquo; for details.
813  </screen>
814  <para>
815    The hypothetical commands &lsquo;<literal>show w</literal>&rsquo; and
816    &lsquo;<literal>show c</literal>&rsquo; should show the appropriate parts of
817    the General Public License.  Of course, your program&rsquo;s commands might be
818    different; for a GUI interface, you would use an &ldquo;about box&rdquo;.
819  </para>
820  <para>
821    You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
822    if any, to sign a &ldquo;copyright disclaimer&rdquo; for the program, if
823    necessary.  For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the
824    <acronym>GNU</acronym> <acronym>GPL</acronym>, see
825    <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/</ulink>.
826  </para>
827  <para>
828    The <acronym>GNU</acronym> General Public License does not permit
829    incorporating your program into proprietary programs.  If your program is a
830    subroutine library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking
831    proprietary applications with the library.  If this is what you want to do,
832    use the <acronym>GNU</acronym> Lesser General Public License instead of this
833    License.  But first, please read <ulink
834    url="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html</ulink>.
835  </para>
836</appendix>
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