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- GNU Emacs copying permission notice Copyright (C) 1985 Richard M. Stallman
- Verbatim copies of this document, including its copyright notice,
- may be distributed by anyone in any manner.
- Distribution with modifications is not permitted.
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- GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but without any warranty. No author or distributor
- accepts responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it
- or for whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all,
- unless he says so in writing.
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- GNU Emacs under the following conditions:
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- of GNU Emacs source code as received, in any medium, provided that all
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- and that all the GNU-Emacs-derived material, including everything
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- Permission is granted to distribute GNU Emacs in
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- for source code, provided that either
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- B. it is accompanied by a written offer, with no time limit,
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- executable form, and is accompanied by a copy of the
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- In other words, you are welcome to use, share and improve GNU Emacs
- You are forbidden to forbid anyone else to use, share and improve
- what you give them. Help stamp out software-hoarding!
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