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<h1 style="text-align: center;">GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)</h1>
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== GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE ==
<h3 style="text-align: center;">GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</h3>
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Version 3, 29 June 2007
<p style="text-align: center;">Version 3, 29 June 2007</p>
 
  
 
Copyright &copy; 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. &lt;http://fsf.org/&gt;
 
Copyright &copy; 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. &lt;http://fsf.org/&gt;
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
 
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
  
This version of the GNU Lesser General Public License incorporates
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This version of the GNU Lesser General Public License incorporates the terms and conditions of version 3 of the GNU General Public License, supplemented by the additional permissions listed below.
the terms and conditions of version 3 of the GNU General Public
 
License, supplemented by the additional permissions listed below.
 
  
<h4>0. Additional Definitions.</h4>
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=== 0. Additional Definitions. ===
  
As used herein, &ldquo;this License&rdquo; refers to version 3 of the GNU Lesser
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As used herein, &ldquo;this License&rdquo; refers to version 3 of the GNU Lesser General Public License, and the &ldquo;GNU GPL&rdquo; refers to version 3 of the GNU General Public License.
General Public License, and the &ldquo;GNU GPL&rdquo; refers to version 3 of the GNU
 
General Public License.
 
  
&ldquo;The Library&rdquo; refers to a covered work governed by this License,
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&ldquo;The Library&rdquo; refers to a covered work governed by this License, other than an Application or a Combined Work as defined below.
other than an Application or a Combined Work as defined below.
 
  
An &ldquo;Application&rdquo; is any work that makes use of an interface provided
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An &ldquo;Application&rdquo; is any work that makes use of an interface provided by the Library, but which is not otherwise based on the Library. Defining a subclass of a class defined by the Library is deemed a mode of using an interface provided by the Library.
by the Library, but which is not otherwise based on the Library.
 
Defining a subclass of a class defined by the Library is deemed a mode
 
of using an interface provided by the Library.
 
  
A &ldquo;Combined Work&rdquo; is a work produced by combining or linking an
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A &ldquo;Combined Work&rdquo; is a work produced by combining or linking an Application with the Library.  The particular version of the Library with which the Combined Work was made is also called the &ldquo;Linked Version&rdquo;.
Application with the Library.  The particular version of the Library
 
with which the Combined Work was made is also called the &ldquo;Linked
 
Version&rdquo;.
 
  
The &ldquo;Minimal Corresponding Source&rdquo; for a Combined Work means the
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The &ldquo;Minimal Corresponding Source&rdquo; for a Combined Work means the Corresponding Source for the Combined Work, excluding any source code for portions of the Combined Work that, considered in isolation, are based on the Application, and not on the Linked Version.
Corresponding Source for the Combined Work, excluding any source code
 
for portions of the Combined Work that, considered in isolation, are
 
based on the Application, and not on the Linked Version.
 
  
The &ldquo;Corresponding Application Code&rdquo; for a Combined Work means the
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The &ldquo;Corresponding Application Code&rdquo; for a Combined Work means the object code and/or source code for the Application, including any data and utility programs needed for reproducing the Combined Work from the Application, but excluding the System Libraries of the Combined Work.
object code and/or source code for the Application, including any data
 
and utility programs needed for reproducing the Combined Work from the
 
Application, but excluding the System Libraries of the Combined Work.
 
  
<h4>1. Exception to Section 3 of the GNU GPL.</h4>
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=== 1. Exception to Section 3 of the GNU GPL. ===
  
You may convey a covered work under sections 3 and 4 of this License
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You may convey a covered work under sections 3 and 4 of this License without being bound by section 3 of the GNU GPL.
without being bound by section 3 of the GNU GPL.
 
  
<h4>2. Conveying Modified Versions.</h4>
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=== 2. Conveying Modified Versions. ===
  
If you modify a copy of the Library, and, in your modifications, a
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If you modify a copy of the Library, and, in your modifications, a facility refers to a function or data to be supplied by an Application that uses the facility (other than as an argument passed when the facility is invoked), then you may convey a copy of the modified version:
facility refers to a function or data to be supplied by an Application
 
that uses the facility (other than as an argument passed when the
 
facility is invoked), then you may convey a copy of the modified
 
version:
 
  
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* '''a)''' under this License, provided that you make a good faith effort to ensure that, in the event an Application does not supply the function or data, the facility still operates, and performs whatever part of its purpose remains meaningful, or
<li>a) under this License, provided that you make a good faith effort to
 
  ensure that, in the event an Application does not supply the
 
  function or data, the facility still operates, and performs
 
  whatever part of its purpose remains meaningful, or</li>
 
  
<li>b) under the GNU GPL, with none of the additional permissions of
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* '''b)''' under the GNU GPL, with none of the additional permissions of this License applicable to that copy.
  this License applicable to that copy.</li>
 
</ul>
 
  
<h4>3. Object Code Incorporating Material from Library Header Files.</h4>
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=== 3. Object Code Incorporating Material from Library Header Files. ===
  
The object code form of an Application may incorporate material from
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The object code form of an Application may incorporate material from a header file that is part of the Library.  You may convey such object code under terms of your choice, provided that, if the incorporated material is not limited to numerical parameters, data structure layouts and accessors, or small macros, inline functions and templates (ten or fewer lines in length), you do both of the following:
a header file that is part of the Library.  You may convey such object
 
code under terms of your choice, provided that, if the incorporated
 
material is not limited to numerical parameters, data structure
 
layouts and accessors, or small macros, inline functions and templates
 
(ten or fewer lines in length), you do both of the following:
 
  
<ul>
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* '''a)''' Give prominent notice with each copy of the object code that the Library is used in it and that the Library and its use are covered by this License.
<li>a) Give prominent notice with each copy of the object code that the
 
  Library is used in it and that the Library and its use are
 
  covered by this License.</li>
 
  
<li>b) Accompany the object code with a copy of the GNU GPL and this license
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* '''b)''' Accompany the object code with a copy of the GNU GPL and this license document.
  document.</li>
 
</ul>
 
  
<h4>4. Combined Works.</h4>
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=== 4. Combined Works. ===
  
You may convey a Combined Work under terms of your choice that,
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You may convey a Combined Work under terms of your choice that, taken together, effectively do not restrict modification of the portions of the Library contained in the Combined Work and reverse engineering for debugging such modifications, if you also do each of the following:
taken together, effectively do not restrict modification of the
 
portions of the Library contained in the Combined Work and reverse
 
engineering for debugging such modifications, if you also do each of
 
the following:
 
  
<ul>
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* '''a)''' Give prominent notice with each copy of the Combined Work that the Library is used in it and that the Library and its use are covered by this License.
<li>a) Give prominent notice with each copy of the Combined Work that
 
  the Library is used in it and that the Library and its use are
 
  covered by this License.</li>
 
  
<li>b) Accompany the Combined Work with a copy of the GNU GPL and this license
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* '''b)''' Accompany the Combined Work with a copy of the GNU GPL and this license document.
  document.</li>
 
  
<li>c) For a Combined Work that displays copyright notices during
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* '''c)''' For a Combined Work that displays copyright notices during execution, include the copyright notice for the Library among these notices, as well as a reference directing the user to the copies of the GNU GPL and this license document.
  execution, include the copyright notice for the Library among
 
  these notices, as well as a reference directing the user to the
 
  copies of the GNU GPL and this license document.</li>
 
  
<li>d) Do one of the following:
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* '''d)''' Do one of the following:
  
<ul>
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:* '''0)''' Convey the Minimal Corresponding Source under the terms of this License, and the Corresponding Application Code in a form suitable for, and under terms that permit, the user to recombine or relink the Application with a modified version of the Linked Version to produce a modified Combined Work, in the manner specified by section 6 of the GNU GPL for conveying Corresponding Source.
<li>0) Convey the Minimal Corresponding Source under the terms of this
 
      License, and the Corresponding Application Code in a form
 
      suitable for, and under terms that permit, the user to
 
      recombine or relink the Application with a modified version of
 
      the Linked Version to produce a modified Combined Work, in the
 
      manner specified by section 6 of the GNU GPL for conveying
 
      Corresponding Source.</li>
 
  
<li>1) Use a suitable shared library mechanism for linking with the
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:* '''1)''' Use a suitable shared library mechanism for linking with the Library.  A suitable mechanism is one that (a) uses at run time a copy of the Library already present on the user's computer system, and (b) will operate properly with a modified version of the Library that is interface-compatible with the Linked Version.
      Library.  A suitable mechanism is one that (a) uses at run time
 
      a copy of the Library already present on the user's computer
 
      system, and (b) will operate properly with a modified version
 
      of the Library that is interface-compatible with the Linked
 
      Version.</li>
 
</ul></li>
 
  
<li>e) Provide Installation Information, but only if you would otherwise
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* '''e)''' Provide Installation Information, but only if you would otherwise be required to provide such information under section 6 of the GNU GPL, and only to the extent that such information is necessary to install and execute a modified version of the Combined Work produced by recombining or relinking the Application with a modified version of the Linked Version. (If you use option 4d0, the Installation Information must accompany the Minimal Corresponding Source and Corresponding Application Code. If you use option 4d1, you must provide the Installation Information in the manner specified by section 6 of the GNU GPL for conveying Corresponding Source.)
  be required to provide such information under section 6 of the
 
  GNU GPL, and only to the extent that such information is
 
  necessary to install and execute a modified version of the
 
  Combined Work produced by recombining or relinking the
 
  Application with a modified version of the Linked Version. (If
 
  you use option 4d0, the Installation Information must accompany
 
  the Minimal Corresponding Source and Corresponding Application
 
  Code. If you use option 4d1, you must provide the Installation
 
  Information in the manner specified by section 6 of the GNU GPL
 
  for conveying Corresponding Source.)</li>
 
</ul>
 
  
<h4>5. Combined Libraries.</h4>
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=== 5. Combined Libraries. ===
  
You may place library facilities that are a work based on the
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You may place library facilities that are a work based on the Library side by side in a single library together with other library facilities that are not Applications and are not covered by this License, and convey such a combined library under terms of your choice, if you do both of the following:
Library side by side in a single library together with other library
 
facilities that are not Applications and are not covered by this
 
License, and convey such a combined library under terms of your
 
choice, if you do both of the following:
 
  
<ul>
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* '''a)''' Accompany the combined library with a copy of the same work based on the Library, uncombined with any other library facilities, conveyed under the terms of this License.
<li>a) Accompany the combined library with a copy of the same work based
 
  on the Library, uncombined with any other library facilities,
 
  conveyed under the terms of this License.</li>
 
  
<li>b) Give prominent notice with the combined library that part of it
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* '''b)''' Give prominent notice with the combined library that part of it is a work based on the Library, and explaining where to find the accompanying uncombined form of the same work.
  is a work based on the Library, and explaining where to find the
 
  accompanying uncombined form of the same work.</li>
 
</ul>
 
  
<h4>6. Revised Versions of the GNU Lesser General Public License.</h4>
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=== 6. Revised Versions of the GNU Lesser General Public License. ===
  
The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
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The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the GNU Lesser General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns.
of the GNU Lesser General Public License from time to time. Such new
 
versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may
 
differ in detail to address new problems or concerns.
 
  
Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the
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Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Library as you received it specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU Lesser General Public License &ldquo;or any later version&rdquo; applies to it, you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that published version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If the Library as you received it does not specify a version number of the GNU Lesser General Public License, you may choose any version of the GNU Lesser General Public License ever published by the Free Software Foundation.
Library as you received it specifies that a certain numbered version
 
of the GNU Lesser General Public License &ldquo;or any later version&rdquo;
 
applies to it, you have the option of following the terms and
 
conditions either of that published version or of any later version
 
published by the Free Software Foundation. If the Library as you
 
received it does not specify a version number of the GNU Lesser
 
General Public License, you may choose any version of the GNU Lesser
 
General Public License ever published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
  
If the Library as you received it specifies that a proxy can decide
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If the Library as you received it specifies that a proxy can decide whether future versions of the GNU Lesser General Public License shall apply, that proxy's public statement of acceptance of any version is permanent authorization for you to choose that version for the Library.
whether future versions of the GNU Lesser General Public License shall
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