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618 <h4>17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.</h4>
620 <p>If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
621 above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
622 reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates
623 an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
624 Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a
625 copy of the Program in return for a fee.</p>
627 <p>END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS</p>
629 <h3>How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs</h3>
631 <p>If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
632 possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
633 free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.</p>
635 <p>To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
636 to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
637 state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
638 the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.</p>
640 <pre> <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
641 Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
643 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
644 it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
645 published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
646 License, or (at your option) any later version.
648 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
649 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
650 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
651 GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
653 You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
654 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
657 <p>Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.</p>
659 <p>If your software can interact with users remotely through a computer
660 network, you should also make sure that it provides a way for users to
661 get its source. For example, if your program is a web application, its
662 interface could display a "Source" link that leads users to an archive
663 of the code. There are many ways you could offer source, and different
664 solutions will be better for different programs; see section 13 for the
665 specific requirements.</p>
667 <p>You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
668 if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary.
669 For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU AGPL, see
670 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.