1 GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE |
1 GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE |
2 Version 2.1, February 1999 |
2 Version 2.1, February 1999 |
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4 Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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10 as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence |
11 the version number 2.1.] |
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15 The licenses for most software are designed to take away your |
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115 GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE |
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116 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION |
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460 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries |
460 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries |
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462 If you develop a new library, and you want it to be of the greatest |
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463 possible use to the public, we recommend making it free software that |
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