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makingchangestothelibraryandrecompilingit.Andyoumustshowthemthesetermsso
theyknowtheirrights.
Weprotectyourrightswithatwo-stepmethod:(1)wecopyrightthelibrary,and(2)we
offeryouthislicense,whichgivesyoulegalpermissiontocopy,distributeand/ormodify
thelibrary.
Toprotecteachdistributor,wewanttomakeitveryclearthatthereisnowarrantyforthe
freelibrary.Also,ifthelibraryismodifiedbysomeoneelseandpassedon,therecipients
shouldknowthatwhattheyhaveisnottheoriginalversion,sothattheoriginalauthor's
reputationwillnotbeaffectedbyproblemsthatmightbeintroducedbyothers.
Finally,softwarepatentsposeaconstantthreattotheexistenceofanyfreeprogram.We
wishtomakesurethatacompanycannoteffectivelyrestricttheusersofafreeprogramby
obtainingarestrictivelicensefromapatentholder.Therefore,weinsistthatanypatent
licenseobtainedforaversionofthelibrarymustbeconsistentwiththefullfreedomofuse
specifiedinthislicense.
MostGNUsoftware,includingsomelibraries,iscoveredbytheordinaryGNUGeneral
PublicLicense.Thislicense,theGNULesserGeneralPublicLicense,appliestocertain
designatedlibraries,andisquitedifferentfromtheordinaryGeneralPublicLicense.Weuse
thislicenseforcertainlibrariesinordertopermitlinkingthoselibrariesintonon-free
programs.
Whenaprogramislinkedwithalibrary,whetherstaticallyorusingasharedlibrary,the
combinationofthetwoislegallyspeakingacombinedwork,aderivativeoftheoriginal
library.TheordinaryGeneralPublicLicensethereforepermitssuchlinkingonlyiftheentire
combinationfitsitscriteriaoffreedom.TheLesserGeneralPublicLicensepermitsmorelax
criteriaforlinkingothercodewiththelibrary.
Wecallthislicensethe"Lesser"GeneralPublicLicensebecauseitdoesLesstoprotectthe
user'sfreedomthantheordinaryGeneralPublicLicense.Italsoprovidesotherfree
softwaredevelopersLessofanadvantageovercompetingnon-freeprograms.These
disadvantagesarethereasonweusetheordinaryGeneralPublicLicenseformany
libraries.However,theLesserlicenseprovidesadvantagesincertainspecial
circumstances.
Forexample,onrareoccasions,theremaybeaspecialneedtoencouragethewidest
possibleuseofacertainlibrary,sothatitbecomesade-factostandard.Toachievethis,
non-freeprogramsmustbeallowedtousethelibrary.Amorefrequentcaseisthatafree
librarydoesthesamejobaswidelyusednon-freelibraries.Inthiscase,thereislittletogain
bylimitingthefreelibrarytofreesoftwareonly,soweusetheLesserGeneralPublic
License.
Inothercases,permissiontouseaparticularlibraryinnon-freeprogramsenablesagreater

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