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129Version 2, June 1991
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133Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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143 The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
144freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public
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146software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. This
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151your programs, too.
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174source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their
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181distribute and/or modify the software.
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188want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original, so
189that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original
190authors' reputations.
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195patents. We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free
196program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the
197program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any
198patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all.
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