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[ThisisthefirstreleasedversionoftheLesserGPL.ItalsocountsasthesuccessoroftheGNU

LibraryPublicLicense,version2,hencetheversionnumber2.1.]

Preamble

Thelicensesformostsoftwarearedesignedtotakeawayyourfreedomtoshareandchangeit.By

contrast,theGNUGeneralPublicLicensesareintendedtoguaranteeyourfreedomtoshareand

changefreesoftware--tomakesurethesoftwareisfreeforallitsusers.

Thislicense,theLesserGeneralPublicLicense,appliestosomespeciallydesignatedsoftware

packages--typicallylibraries--oftheFreeSoftwareFoundationandotherauthorswhodecidetouse

it.Youcanuseittoo,butwesuggestyoufirstthinkcarefullyaboutwhetherthislicenseorthe

ordinaryGeneralPublicLicenseisthebetterstrategytouseinanyparticularcase,basedonthe

explanationsbelow.

Whenwespeakoffreesoftware,wearereferringtofreedomofuse,notprice.OurGeneralPublic

Licensesaredesignedtomakesurethatyouhavethefreedomtodistributecopiesoffreesoftware

(andchargeforthisserviceifyouwish);thatyoureceivesourcecodeorcangetitifyouwantit;that

youcanchangethesoftwareandusepiecesofitinnewfreeprograms;andthatyouareinformed

thatyoucandothesethings.

Toprotectyourrights,weneedtomakerestrictionsthatforbiddistributorstodenyyoutheserights

ortoaskyoutosurrendertheserights.Theserestrictionstranslatetocertainresponsibilitiesforyou

ifyoudistributecopiesofthelibraryorifyoumodifyit.

Forexample,ifyoudistributecopiesofthelibrary,whethergratisorforafee,youmustgivethe

recipientsalltherightsthatwegaveyou.Youmustmakesurethatthey,too,receiveorcangetthe

sourcecode.Ifyoulinkothercodewiththelibrary,youmustprovidecompleteobjectfilestothe

recipients,sothattheycanrelinkthemwiththelibraryaftermakingchangestothelibraryand

recompilingit.Andyoumustshowthemthesetermssotheyknowtheirrights.

Weprotectyourrightswithatwo-stepmethod:(1)wecopyrightthelibrary,and(2)weofferyouthis

license,whichgivesyoulegalpermissiontocopy,distributeand/ormodifythelibrary.

Toprotecteachdistributor,wewanttomakeitveryclearthatthereisnowarrantyforthefreelibrary.

Also,ifthelibraryismodifiedbysomeoneelseandpassedon,therecipientsshouldknowthatwhat

theyhaveisnottheoriginalversion,sothattheoriginalauthor'sreputationwillnotbeaffectedby

problemsthatmightbeintroducedbyothers.

Finally,softwarepatentsposeaconstantthreattotheexistenceofanyfreeprogram.Wewishto

makesurethatacompanycannoteffectivelyrestricttheusersofafreeprogrambyobtaininga

restrictivelicensefromapatentholder.Therefore,weinsistthatanypatentlicenseobtainedfora

versionofthelibrarymustbeconsistentwiththefullfreedomofusespecifiedinthislicense.

MostGNUsoftware,includingsomelibraries,iscoveredbytheordinaryGNUGeneralPublic

License.Thislicense,theGNULesserGeneralPublicLicense,appliestocertaindesignated

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