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GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 3, 19 November 2007
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 3, 29 June 2007

Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.

Preamble

The GNU Affero General Public License is a free, copyleft license for
software and other kinds of works, specifically designed to ensure
cooperation with the community in the case of network server software.
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software for all its users.
software for all its users. We, the Free Software Foundation, use the
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When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
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
free programs, and that you know you can do these things.

Developers that use our General Public Licenses protect your rights
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A secondary benefit of defending all users' freedom is that
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incorporate. Many developers of free software are heartened and
encouraged by the resulting cooperation. However, in the case of
software used on network servers, this result may fail to come about.
The GNU General Public License permits making a modified version and
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source code to the public.

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States should not allow patents to restrict development and use of
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0. Definitions.

"This License" refers to version 3 of the GNU Affero General Public License.
"This License" refers to version 3 of the GNU General Public License.

"Copyright" also means copyright-like laws that apply to other kinds of
works, such as semiconductor masks.
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the Program, the only way you could satisfy both those terms and this
License would be to refrain entirely from conveying the Program.

13. Remote Network Interaction; Use with the GNU General Public License.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, if you modify the
Program, your modified version must prominently offer all users
interacting with it remotely through a computer network (if your version
supports such interaction) an opportunity to receive the Corresponding
Source of your version by providing access to the Corresponding Source
from a network server at no charge, through some standard or customary
means of facilitating copying of software. This Corresponding Source
shall include the Corresponding Source for any work covered by version 3
of the GNU General Public License that is 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 General Public License into a single
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but the work with which it is combined will remain governed by version
3 of the GNU General Public License.
but the special requirements of the GNU Affero General Public License,
section 13, concerning interaction through a network will apply to the
combination as such.

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an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a
copy of the Program in return for a fee.

END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs

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<one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.

If your software can interact with users remotely through a computer
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For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU AGPL, see
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