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<h2 align=center>Appendix C. Using Services code in other programs</h2> |
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<p>IRC Services is distributed under the <a href=GPL.html>GNU General |
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Public License, version 2</a> or later (please read the license for the |
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exact terms, of which this section is only a summary). Under this license, |
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you may distribute Services either as-is or modified, either for free or |
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for profit, with the following limitations: |
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<p><ul><li>You must make the source code to the entire program, including |
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any modifications, available to anyone who asks for it. |
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<p><li>You must distribute the program under the GNU General Public |
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License; you may not change the licensing terms, except that you may |
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elect to use a newer version of the license. |
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<p><li>If you make any changes to any files included with the program, |
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you must include a clear notice of your changes in each changed file. |
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(Also note that under most countries' copyright laws, it is illegal to |
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remove or alter copyright notices on copyrighted material, such as |
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Services.)</ul> |
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<p>This is particularly important to keep in mind for programs which use |
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code from Services, which includes not only derivative programs distributed |
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under a different name but any program that uses code from any part of |
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Services. Under the GNU General Public License, <i>if you use code from |
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Services in another program and distribute the other program with the |
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Services code in it, then the other program is considered a "derivative |
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work" of Services and must be distributed under the terms above.</i> If |
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this is not acceptable to you, you have three options: |
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<p><ul><li>Do not use Services code at all. |
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<p><li>Release the part of the program that uses Services code |
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separately from the rest of your program (for example, as a run-time |
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loadable module), if this is possible. In this case, the part of the |
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program that uses Services code must be released under the GNU General |
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Public License, but the remainder need not be. Note, however, that your |
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program must function substantially the same whether the part with the |
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Services code is present or not. |
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<p><li><a href="1.html#6">Contact the author</a> directly and ask for |
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permission to use the code under different terms. In this case, please |
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state clearly what part of Services you want to use and what you are using |
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it for, as well as the terms under which your software will be released and |
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used. (I have in the past allowed small portions of the Services source |
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code to be used under alternate terms.)</ul> |
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