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WTHYOU. SHOULDTHEPROGRAMPROVEDEFECTVE,YOUASSUMETHECOSTOFALL NECESSARYSERVC NG,REPARORCORRECTON.
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To"propagate"a workmeanstodo anythingwithitthat withoutpermissionwouldmakeyoudirectlyor secondarilyliableforinfringementunderapplicablecopyrightlaw exceptexecutingitonacomputeror modifyinga
privatecope!,Propagationincludescopying,distribution(withorwithoutmodification),makingavailabletothepublic,andin somecountriesotheractivitiesaswell.
To"conveya workmeansanykindofpropagationthatenablesotherpartiestomakeor receivecopies,Mereinteractionwithauserthrougha computernetwork,with notransferofa copy,isnotconveying,
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optons,suchasamenu,a promnenttern n the st meetsthscrteron.
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activities.Howeveritdoesnotincludethework'sSystemLibrariesorgeneral-purposetoolsorgenerallyavailablefreeprogramswhichareusedunmodifiedinperformingthoseactivitiesbutwhicharenotpartofthework,For
exampleCorrespondingSourceincludesinterfacedefinitionfilesassociatedwith sourcefilesforthework andthesourcecodeforsharedlibrariesanddynamicallylinkedsubprogramsthattheworkisspecificallydesignedto
require,suchasby intimatedatacommunicationorcontrolflowbetweenthosesubprogramsandotherpartsofthework,
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party)thatsupportsequivalentcopyingfacilitiesprovidedyoumaintaincleardirectionsnextto theobiectcodesayingwheretofindtheCorrespondingSource.RegardlessofwhatserverhoststheCorrespondingSource,you
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