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[This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL.  It also counts          
 as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence          
 the version number 2.1.]          
          
 
 
 
    Preamble          
          
  The licenses for most software are designed to take away your          
freedom to share and change it.  By contrast, the GNU General Public          
Licenses are intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change          
free software--to make sure the software is free for all its users.          
          
  This license, the Lesser General Public License, applies to some          
specially designated software packages--typically libraries--of the          
Free Software Foundation and other authors who decide to use it.  You          
can use it too, but we suggest you first think carefully about whether          
this license or the ordinary General Public License is the better          
strategy to use in any particular case, based on the explanations below.          
          
  When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom of use,          
not price.  Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that          
you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge          
for this service if you wish); that you receive source code or can get          
it if you want it; that you can change the software and use pieces of          
it in new free programs; and that you are informed that you can do          
these things.          
          
  To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid          
distributors to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender these          
rights.  These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for          
you if you distribute copies of the library or if you modify it.          
          
  For example, if you distribute copies of the library, whether gratis          
or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that we gave          
you.  You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source          
code.  If you link other code with the library, you must provide          
complete object files to the recipients, so that they can relink them          
with the library after making changes to the library and recompiling          
it.  And you must show them these terms so they know their rights.          
          
  We protect your rights with a two-step method: (1) we copyright the          
library, and (2) we offer you this license, which gives you legal          
permission to copy, distribute and/or modify the library.          
          
  To protect each distributor, we want to make it very clear that          
there is no warranty for the free library.  Also, if the library is          
modified by someone else and passed on, the recipients should know          
that what they have is not the original version, so that the original          
author's reputation will not be affected by problems that might be          
introduced by others.          
          
  Finally, software patents pose a constant threat to the existence of          
any free program.  We wish to make sure that a company cannot          
effectively restrict the users of a free program by obtaining a          
restrictive license from a patent holder.  Therefore, we insist that          
any patent license obtained for a version of the library must be          
consistent with the full freedom of use specified in this license.