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GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE |
Version 3, 19 November 2007 |
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <https://fsf.org/> |
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies |
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. |
Preamble |
The GNU Affero General Public License is a free, copyleft license for |
software and other kinds of works, specifically designed to ensure |
cooperation with the community in the case of network server software. |
The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed |
to take away your freedom to share and change the works. By contrast, |
our General Public Licenses are intended to guarantee your freedom to |
share and change all versions of a program--to make sure it remains free |
software for all its users. |
When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, 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 |
them if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you |
want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new |
free programs, and that you know you can do these things. |
Developers that use our General Public Licenses protect your rights |
with two steps: (1) assert copyright on the software, and (2) offer |
you this License which gives you legal permission to copy, distribute |
and/or modify the software. |
A secondary benefit of defending all users' freedom is that |
improvements made in alternate versions of the program, if they |
receive widespread use, become available for other developers to |
incorporate. Many developers of free software are heartened and |
encouraged by the resulting cooperation. However, in the case of |
software used on network servers, this result may fail to come about. |
The GNU General Public License permits making a modified version and |
letting the public access it on a server without ever releasing its |
source code to the public. |
The GNU Affero General Public License is designed specifically to |
ensure that, in such cases, the modified source code becomes available |
to the community. It requires the operator of a network server to |
provide the source code of the modified version running there to the |
users of that server. Therefore, public use of a modified version, on |
a publicly accessible server, gives the public access to the source |
code of the modified version. |
An older license, called the Affero General Public License and |
published by Affero, was designed to accomplish similar goals. This is |
a different license, not a version of the Affero GPL, but Affero has |
released a new version of the Affero GPL which permits relicensing under |
this license. |
The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and |
modification follow. |
TERMS AND CONDITIONS |
0. Definitions. |
"This License" refers to version 3 of the GNU Affero General Public License. |
"Copyright" also means copyright-like laws that apply to other kinds of |
works, such as semiconductor masks. |
"The Program" refers to any copyrightable work licensed under this |
License. Each licensee is addressed as "you". "Licensees" and |
"recipients" may be individuals or organizations. |
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in a fashion requiring copyright permission, other than the making of an |
exact copy. The resulting work is called a "modified version" of the |
earlier work or a work "based on" the earlier work. |
A "covered work" means either the unmodified Program or a work based |
on the Program. |
To "propagate" a work means to do anything with it that, without |
permission, would make you directly or secondarily liable for |
infringement under applicable copyright law, except executing it on a |
computer or modifying a private copy. Propagation includes copying, |
distribution (with or without modification), making available to the |
public, and in some countries other activities as well. |
To "convey" a work means any kind of propagation that enables other |
parties to make or receive copies. Mere interaction with a user through |
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