someone else and passed on, we want its recipients to know that what they have is
not the original, so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the
original authors' reputations .
Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software patents . We wish to
avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent
licenses, in effect making the program proprietary . To prevent this, we have made it
clear that any patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all .
The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and modification follow .
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
3 . This License applies to any program or other work which contains a notice
placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the terms of
this General Public License . The „Program", below, refers to any such program or
work, and a „work based on the Program" means either the Program or any de-
rivative work under copyright law: that is to say, a work containing the Program
or a portion of it, either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into
another language . (Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in the
term „modification" .) Each licensee is addressed as „you" .
Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered
by this License; they are outside its scope . The act of running the Program is
not restricted, and the output from the Program is covered only if its contents
constitute a work based on the Program (independent of having been made by
running the Program) . Whether that is true depends on what the Program does .