<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>AppendixΒ D.Β GNU General Public License version 3</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0" /><link rel="home" href="../spine.html" title="The GNU C++ Library Documentation" /><link rel="up" href="spine.html" title="The GNU C++ Library" /><link rel="prev" href="appendix_free.html" title="AppendixΒ C.Β Free Software Needs Free Documentation" /><link rel="next" href="appendix_gfdl.html" title="AppendixΒ E.Β GNU Free Documentation License" /></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">AppendixΒ D.ΒGNU General Public License version 3</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="appendix_free.html">Prev</a>Β </td><th width="60%" align="center">The GNU C++ Library</th><td width="20%" align="right">Β <a accesskey="n" href="appendix_gfdl.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="appendix" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="appendix.gpl-3.0"></a>AppendixΒ D.Β<acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym> General Public License version 3</h2></div></div></div><p>Version 3, 29 June 2007</p><p>Copyright Β© 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.<a class="ulink" href="http://fsf.org/" target="_top">http://fsf.org/</a></p><p>Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this licensedocument, but changing it is not allowed.</p><h2><a id="gpl-3-preamble"></a>Preamble</h2><p>The <acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym> General Public License is a free, copyleftlicense for software and other kinds of works.</p><p>The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed totake away your freedom to share and change the works. By contrast, the<acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym> General Public License is intended to guarantee yourfreedom to share and change all versions of a programβto make sure itremains free software for all its users. We, the Free Software Foundation,use the <acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym> General Public License for most of oursoftware; it applies also to any other work released this way by itsauthors. You can apply it to your programs, too.</p><p>When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. OurGeneral Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedomto distribute copies of free software (and charge for them if you wish),that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you canchange the software or use pieces of it in new free programs, and that youknow you can do these things.</p><p>To protect your rights, we need to prevent others from denying you theserights or asking you to surrender the rights. Therefore, you have certainresponsibilities if you distribute copies of the software, or if you modifyit: responsibilities to respect the freedom of others.</p><p>For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether gratis orfor a fee, you must pass on to the recipients the same freedoms that youreceived. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the sourcecode. And you must show them these terms so they know their rights.</p><p>Developers that use the <acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym> <acronym class="acronym">GPL</acronym>protect your rights with two steps: (1) assert copyright on the software,and (2) offer you this License giving you legal permission to copy,distribute and/or modify it.</p><p>For the developersβ and authorsβ protection, the<acronym class="acronym">GPL</acronym> clearly explains that there is no warranty for thisfree software. For both usersβ and authorsβ sake, the<acronym class="acronym">GPL</acronym> requires that modified versions be marked as changed,so that their problems will not be attributed erroneously to authors ofprevious versions.</p><p>Some devices are designed to deny users access to install or run modifiedversions of the software inside them, although the manufacturer can do so.This is fundamentally incompatible with the aim of protecting usersβfreedom to change the software. The systematic pattern of such abuse occursin the area of products for individuals to use, which is precisely where itis most unacceptable. Therefore, we have designed this version of the<acronym class="acronym">GPL</acronym> to prohibit the practice for those products. If suchproblems arise substantially in other domains, we stand ready to extend thisprovision to those domains in future versions of the <acronym class="acronym">GPL</acronym>,as needed to protect the freedom of users.</p><p>Finally, every program is threatened constantly by software patents. Statesshould not allow patents to restrict development and use of software ongeneral-purpose computers, but in those that do, we wish to avoid thespecial danger that patents applied to a free program could make iteffectively proprietary. To prevent this, the <acronym class="acronym">GPL</acronym>assures that patents cannot be used to render the program non-free.</p><p>The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and modificationfollow.</p><h2><a id="id518323"></a>TERMS AND CONDITIONS</h2><h2><a id="gpl-3-definitions"></a>0. Definitions.</h2><p>βThis Licenseβ refers to version 3 of the <acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym>General Public License.</p><p>βCopyrightβ also means copyright-like laws that apply to otherkinds of works, such as semiconductor masks.</p><p>βThe Programβ refers to any copyrightable work licensed underthis License. Each licensee is addressed as βyouβ.βLicenseesβ and βrecipientsβ may be individuals ororganizations.</p><p>To βmodifyβ a work means to copy from or adapt all or part ofthe work in a fashion requiring copyright permission, other than the makingof an exact copy. The resulting work is called a βmodifiedversionβ of the earlier work or a work βbased onβ theearlier work.</p><p>A βcovered workβ means either the unmodified Program or a workbased on the Program.</p><p>To βpropagateβ a work means to do anything with it that, withoutpermission, would make you directly or secondarily liable for infringementunder applicable copyright law, except executing it on a computer ormodifying a private copy. Propagation includes copying, distribution (withor without modification), making available to the public, and in somecountries other activities as well.</p><p>To βconveyβ a work means any kind of propagation that enablesother parties to make or receive copies. Mere interaction with a userthrough a computer network, with no transfer of a copy, is not conveying.</p><p>An interactive user interface displays βAppropriate LegalNoticesβ to the extent that it includes a convenient and prominentlyvisible feature that (1) displays an appropriate copyright notice, and (2)tells the user that there is no warranty for the work (except to the extentthat warranties are provided), that licensees may convey the work under thisLicense, and how to view a copy of this License. If the interface presentsa list of user commands or options, such as a menu, a prominent item in thelist meets this criterion.</p><h2><a id="SourceCode"></a>1. Source Code.</h2><p>The βsource codeβ for a work means the preferred form of thework for making modifications to it. βObject codeβ means anynon-source form of a work.</p><p>A βStandard Interfaceβ means an interface that either is anofficial standard defined by a recognized standards body, or, in the case ofinterfaces specified for a particular programming language, one that iswidely used among developers working in that language.</p><p>The βSystem Librariesβ of an executable work include anything,other than the work as a whole, that (a) is included in the normal form ofpackaging a Major Component, but which is not part of that Major Component,and (b) serves only to enable use of the work with that Major Component, orto implement a Standard Interface for which an implementation is availableto the public in source code form. A βMajor Componentβ, in thiscontext, means a major essential component (kernel, window system, and soon) of the specific operating system (if any) on which the executable workruns, or a compiler used to produce the work, or an object code interpreterused to run it.</p><p>The βCorresponding Sourceβ for a work in object code form meansall the source code needed to generate, install, and (for an executablework) run the object code and to modify the work, including scripts tocontrol those activities. However, it does not include the workβsSystem Libraries, or general-purpose tools or generally available freeprograms which are used unmodified in performing those activities but whichare not part of the work. For example, Corresponding Source includesinterface definition files associated with source files for the work, andthe source code for shared libraries and dynamically linked subprograms thatthe work is specifically designed to require, such as by intimate datacommunication or control flow between those subprograms and other parts ofthe work.</p><p>The Corresponding Source need not include anything that users can regenerateautomatically from other parts of the Corresponding Source.</p><p>The Corresponding Source for a work in source code form is that same work.</p><h2><a id="BasicPermissions"></a>2. Basic Permissions.</h2><p>All rights granted under this License are granted for the term of copyrighton the Program, and are irrevocable provided the stated conditions are met.This License explicitly affirms your unlimited permission to run theunmodified Program. The output from running a covered work is covered bythis License only if the output, given its content, constitutes a coveredwork. This License acknowledges your rights of fair use or otherequivalent, as provided by copyright law.</p><p>You may make, run and propagate covered works that you do not convey,without conditions so long as your license otherwise remains in force. Youmay convey covered works to others for the sole purpose of having them makemodifications exclusively for you, or provide you with facilities forrunning those works, provided that you comply with the terms of this Licensein conveying all material for which you do not control copyright. 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Conveying Verbatim Copies.</h2><p>You may convey verbatim copies of the Programβs source code as youreceive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriatelypublish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice; keep intact allnotices stating that this License and any non-permissive terms added inaccord with section 7 apply to the code; keep intact all notices of theabsence of any warranty; and give all recipients a copy of this Licensealong with the Program.</p><p>You may charge any price or no price for each copy that you convey, and youmay offer support or warranty protection for a fee.</p><h2><a id="ConveyingModified"></a>5. 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This License gives no permission to license the work in anyother way, but it does not invalidate such permission if you haveseparately received it.</p></li><li><p>If the work has interactive user interfaces, each must displayAppropriate Legal Notices; however, if the Program has interactiveinterfaces that do not display Appropriate Legal Notices, your work neednot make them do so.</p></li></ol></div><p>A compilation of a covered work with other separate and independent works,which are not by their nature extensions of the covered work, and which arenot combined with it such as to form a larger program, in or on a volume ofa storage or distribution medium, is called an βaggregateβ ifthe compilation and its resulting copyright are not used to limit the accessor legal rights of the compilationβs users beyond what the individual workspermit. 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If the place to copythe object code is a network server, the Corresponding Source may be ona different server (operated by you or a third party) that supportsequivalent copying facilities, provided you maintain clear directionsnext to the object code saying where to find the Corresponding Source.Regardless of what server hosts the Corresponding Source, you remainobligated to ensure that it is available for as long as needed tosatisfy these requirements.</p></li><li><p>Convey the object code using peer-to-peer transmission, provided youinform other peers where the object code and Corresponding Source of thework are being offered to the general public at no charge undersubsection 6d.</p></li></ol></div><p>A separable portion of the object code, whose source code is excluded fromthe Corresponding Source as a System Library, need not be included inconveying the object code work.</p><p>A βUser Productβ is either (1) a βconsumer productβ,which means any tangible personal property which is normally used forpersonal, family, or household purposes, or (2) anything designed or soldfor incorporation into a dwelling. In determining whether a product is aconsumer product, doubtful cases shall be resolved in favor of coverage.For a particular product received by a particular user, βnormallyusedβ refers to a typical or common use of that class of product,regardless of the status of the particular user or of the way in which theparticular user actually uses, or expects or is expected to use, theproduct. A product is a consumer product regardless of whether the producthas substantial commercial, industrial or non-consumer uses, unless suchuses represent the only significant mode of use of the product.</p><p>βInstallation Informationβ for a User Product means any methods,procedures, authorization keys, or other information required to install andexecute modified versions of a covered work in that User Product from amodified version of its Corresponding Source. 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But this requirement does not apply if neither you nor anythird party retains the ability to install modified object code on the UserProduct (for example, the work has been installed in<acronym class="acronym">ROM</acronym>).</p><p>The requirement to provide Installation Information does not include arequirement to continue to provide support service, warranty, or updates fora work that has been modified or installed by the recipient, or for the UserProduct in which it has been modified or installed. 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If the Program asyou received it, or any part of it, contains a notice stating that it isgoverned by this License along with a term that is a further restriction,you may remove that term. If a license document contains a furtherrestriction but permits relicensing or conveying under this License, youmay add to a covered work material governed by the terms of that licensedocument, provided that the further restriction does not survive suchrelicensing or conveying.</p><p>If you add terms to a covered work in accord with this section, you mustplace, in the relevant source files, a statement of the additional termsthat apply to those files, or a notice indicating where to find theapplicable terms.</p><p>Additional terms, permissive or non-permissive, may be stated in the formof a separately written license, or stated as exceptions; the aboverequirements apply either way.</p><h2><a id="gpl-3-termination"></a>8. 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Any attempt otherwise to propagate or modify it isvoid, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License(including any patent licenses granted under the third paragraph of section11).</p><p>However, if you cease all violation of this License, then your license froma particular copyright holder is reinstated (a) provisionally, unless anduntil the copyright holder explicitly and finally terminates your license,and (b) permanently, if the copyright holder fails to notify you of theviolation by some reasonable means prior to 60 days after the cessation.</p><p>Moreover, your license from a particular copyright holder is reinstatedpermanently if the copyright holder notifies you of the violation by somereasonable means, this is the first time you have received notice ofviolation of this License (for any work) from that copyright holder, andyou cure the violation prior to 30 days after your receipt of the notice.</p><p>Termination of your rights under this section does not terminate thelicenses of parties who have received copies or rights from you under thisLicense. If your rights have been terminated and not permanentlyreinstated, you do not qualify to receive new licenses for the samematerial under section 10.</p><h2><a id="AcceptanceNotRequired"></a>9. Acceptance Not Required for Having Copies.</h2><p>You are not required to accept this License in order to receive or run acopy of the Program. Ancillary propagation of a covered work occurringsolely as a consequence of using peer-to-peer transmission to receive acopy likewise does not require acceptance. However, nothing other thanthis License grants you permission to propagate or modify any covered work.These actions infringe copyright if you do not accept this License.Therefore, by modifying or propagating a covered work, you indicate youracceptance of this License to do so.</p><h2><a id="AutomaticDownstream"></a>10. 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For purposes of this definition,βcontrolβ includes the right to grant patent sublicenses in amanner consistent with the requirements of this License.</p><p>Each contributor grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free patentlicense under the contributorβs essential patent claims, to make, use,sell, offer for sale, import and otherwise run, modify and propagate thecontents of its contributor version.</p><p>In the following three paragraphs, a βpatent licenseβ is anyexpress agreement or commitment, however denominated, not to enforce apatent (such as an express permission to practice a patent or covenant notto sue for patent infringement). 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No Surrender of Othersβ Freedom.</h2><p>If conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement orotherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do notexcuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot convey acovered work so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under thisLicense and any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you maynot convey it at all. For example, if you agree to terms that obligate youto collect a royalty for further conveying from those to whom you convey theProgram, the only way you could satisfy both those terms and this Licensewould be to refrain entirely from conveying the Program.</p><h2><a id="UsedWithAGPL"></a>13. Use with the <acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym> Affero General Public License.</h2><p>Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, you have permission tolink or combine any covered work with a work licensed under version 3 of the<acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym> Affero General Public License into a single combinedwork, and to convey the resulting work. The terms of this License willcontinue to apply to the part which is the covered work, but the specialrequirements of the <acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym> Affero General Public License,section 13, concerning interaction through a network will apply to thecombination as such.</p><h2><a id="RevisedVersions"></a>14. Revised Versions of this License.</h2><p>The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the<acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym> General Public License from time to time. 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If the Program does not specify a version number of the<acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym> General Public License, you may choose any versionever published by the Free Software Foundation.</p><p>If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future versions ofthe <acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym> General Public License can be used, thatproxyβs public statement of acceptance of a version permanentlyauthorizes you to choose that version for the Program.</p><p>Later license versions may give you additional or different permissions.However, no additional obligations are imposed on any author or copyrightholder as a result of your choosing to follow a later version.</p><h2><a id="WarrantyDisclaimer"></a>15. Disclaimer of Warranty.</h2><p>THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLELAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OROTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM βAS ISβ WITHOUT WARRANTY OFANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THEIMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITHYOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALLNECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.</p><h2><a id="LiabilityLimitation"></a>16. Limitation of Liability.</h2><p>IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILLANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THEPROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANYGENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USEOR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATAOR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRDPARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS),EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OFSUCH DAMAGES.</p><h2><a id="InterpretationSecs1516"></a>17. 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