Toshiba BDX3100 User Manual

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lis

Also.add.information.on.how.to.contact.you.by.

electronic.and.paper.mail.

If the program is interactive, make it output a

short.notice.like.this.when.it.starts.in.an.inter-

active.mode:

Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year

name.of.author

....Gnomovision.comes.with.ABSOLUTELY.NO.

WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.

This is free software, and you are welcome

to redistribute it under certain conditions; type

`show c' for details.

The hypothetical commands `show w' and

`show c' should show the appropriate

parts of the General Public License. Of course,

the.commands.you.use.may

be called something other than `show w' and

`show c'; they could even be

mouse-clicks. or. menu. items--whatever. suits.

your.program.

You.should.also.get.your.employer.(if.you.work.

as a programmer) or your school, if any, to sign

a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if

necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:

Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright

interest. in. the. program. ‘Gnomovision’. (which.

makes.passes.at.compilers).written.by.James.

Hacker.

, 1 April 1989

Ty Coon, President of Vice

This.General.Public.License.does.not.permit.in-

corporating.your.program.into.proprietary.pro-

grams. If your program is a subroutine library,

you.may.consider.it.more.useful.to.permit.link-

ing.proprietary.applications.with.the.library...If.

this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser

General.Public.License.instead.of.this.License..

LGPLv2.1

....GNU.LESSER.GENERAL.PUBLIC.LICENSE

Version 2.1, February 1999

dation, Inc. 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Bos-

ton, MA 02110-1301 USA

Everyone. is. permitted. to. copy. and. distribute.

verbatim copies of this license document, but

changing.it.is.not.allowed..

[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 ver-

sion.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.free-

dom.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. Soft-

ware.Foundation.and.other.authors.who.decide.

to use it. You can use it too, but we suggest

you first think carefully about whether this li-

cense.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 refer-

ring 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 soft-

ware 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 re-

strictions.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.mak-