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Lesser General Public License For Linguistic Resources
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Preamble
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The licenses for most data are designed to take away your freedom to share
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and change it. By contrast, this License is intended to guarantee your freedom
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to share and change free data--to make sure the data are free for all their
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users.
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This License, the Lesser General Public License for Linguistic Resources,
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applies to some specially designated linguistic resources -- typically lexicons
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and grammars.
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
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0. This License Agreement applies to any Linguistic Resource which contains
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a notice placed by the copyright holder or other authorized party saying it
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may be distributed under the terms of this Lesser General Public License for
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Linguistic Resources (also called "this License"). Each licensee is addressed
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as "you".
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A "linguistic resource" means a collection of data about language prepared
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so as to be used with application programs.
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The "Linguistic Resource", below, refers to any such work which has been distributed
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under these terms. A "work based on the Linguistic Resource" means either
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the Linguistic Resource or any derivative work under copyright law: that is
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to say, a work containing the Linguistic Resource or a portion of it, either
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verbatim or with modifications and/or translated straightforwardly into another
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language. (Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in the
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term "modification".)
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"Legible form" for a linguistic resource means the preferred form of the resource
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for making modifications to it.
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Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered
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by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of running a program
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using the Linguistic Resource is not restricted, and output from such a program
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is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Linguistic
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Resource (independent of the use of the Linguistic Resource in a tool for
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writing it). Whether that is true depends on what the program that uses the
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Linguistic Resource does.
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1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Linguistic Resource
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as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately
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publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty;
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keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence
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of any warranty; and distribute a copy of this License along with the Linguistic
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Resource.
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You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you
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may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee.
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2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Linguistic Resource or any portion
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of it, thus forming a work based on the Linguistic Resource, and copy and
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distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 above,
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provided that you also meet all of these conditions:
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a) The modified work must itself be a linguistic resource.
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b) You must cause the files modified to carry prominent notices stating that
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you changed the files and the date of any change.
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c) You must cause the whole of the work to be licensed at no charge to all
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third parties under the terms of this License.
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These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If identifiable
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sections of that work are not derived from the Linguistic Resource, and can
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be reasonably considered independent and separate works in themselves, then
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this License, and its terms, do not apply to those sections when you distribute
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them as separate works. But when you distribute the same sections as part
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of a whole which is a work based on the Linguistic Resource, the distribution
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of the whole must be on the terms of this License, whose permissions for other
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licensees extend to the entire whole, and thus to each and every part regardless
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of who wrote it.
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Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest your
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rights to work written entirely by you; rather, the intent is to exercise
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the right to control the distribution of derivative or collective works based
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on the Linguistic Resource.
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In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Linguistic
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Resource with the Linguistic Resource (or with a work based on the Linguistic
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Resource) on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring the
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other work under the scope of this License.
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3. A program that contains no derivative of any portion of the Linguistic
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Resource, but is designed to work with the Linguistic Resource (or an encrypted
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form of the Linguistic Resource) by reading it or being compiled or linked
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with it, is called a "work that uses the Linguistic Resource". Such a work,
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in isolation, is not a derivative work of the Linguistic Resource, and therefore
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falls outside the scope of this License.
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However, combining a "work that uses the Linguistic Resource" with the Linguistic
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Resource (or an encrypted form of the Linguistic Resource) creates a package
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that is a derivative of the Linguistic Resource (because it contains portions
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of the Linguistic Resource), rather than a "work that uses the Linguistic
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Resource". If the package is a derivative of the Linguistic Resource, you
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may distribute the package under the terms of Section 4. Any works containing
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that package also fall under Section 4.
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4. As an exception to the Sections above, you may also combine a "work that
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uses the Linguistic Resource" with the Linguistic Resource (or an encrypted
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form of the Linguistic Resource) to produce a package containing portions
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of the Linguistic Resource, and distribute that package under terms of your
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choice, provided that the terms permit modification of the package for the
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customer's own use and reverse engineering for debugging such modifications.
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You must give prominent notice with each copy of the package that the Linguistic
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Resource is used in it and that the Linguistic Resource and its use are covered
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by this License. You must supply a copy of this License. If the package during
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execution displays copyright notices, you must include the copyright notice
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for the Linguistic Resource among them, as well as a reference directing the
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user to the copy of this License. Also, you must do one of these things:
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a) Accompany the package with the complete corresponding machine-readable
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legible form of the Linguistic Resource including whatever changes were used
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in the package (which must be distributed under Sections 1 and 2 above); and,
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if the package contains an encrypted form of the Linguistic Resource, with
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the complete machine-readable "work that uses the Linguistic Resource", as
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object code and/or source code, so that the user can modify the Linguistic
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Resource and then encrypt it to produce a modified package containing the
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modified Linguistic Resource.
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b) Use a suitable mechanism for combining with the Linguistic Resource. A
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suitable mechanism is one that will operate properly with a modified version
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of the Linguistic Resource, if the user installs one, as long as the modified
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version is interface-compatible with the version that the package was made
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with.
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c) Accompany the package with a written offer, valid for at least three years,
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to give the same user the materials specified in Subsection 4a, above, for
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a charge no more than the cost of performing this distribution.
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d) If distribution of the package is made by offering access to copy from
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a designated place, offer equivalent access to copy the above specified materials
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from the same place.
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e) Verify that the user has already received a copy of these materials or
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that you have already sent this user a copy.
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If the package includes an encrypted form of the Linguistic Resource, the
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required form of the "work that uses the Linguistic Resource" must include
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any data and utility programs needed for reproducing the package from it.
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However, as a special exception, the materials to be distributed need not
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include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary
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form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating
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system on which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies
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the executable.
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It may happen that this requirement contradicts the license restrictions of
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proprietary libraries that do not normally accompany the operating system.
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Such a contradiction means you cannot use both them and the Linguistic Resource
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together in a package that you distribute.
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5. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, link with, or distribute the Linguistic
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Resource except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise
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to copy, modify, sublicense, link with, or distribute the Linguistic Resource
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is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License.
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However, parties who have received copies, or rights, from you under this
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License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such parties remain
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in full compliance.
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6. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not signed
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it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the
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Linguistic Resource or its derivative works. These actions are prohibited
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by law if you do not accept this License. Therefore, by modifying or distributing
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the Linguistic Resource (or any work based on the Linguistic Resource), you
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indicate your acceptance of this License to do so, and all its terms and conditions
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for copying, distributing or modifying the Linguistic Resource or works based
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on it.
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7. Each time you redistribute the Linguistic Resource (or any work based on
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the Linguistic Resource), the recipient automatically receives a license from
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the original licensor to copy, distribute, link with or modify the Linguistic
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Resource subject to these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further
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restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein. You
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are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties with this License.
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8. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent infringement
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or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues), conditions are imposed
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on you (whether by court order, agreement or otherwise) that contradict the
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conditions of this License, they do not excuse you from the conditions of
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this License. If you cannot distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your
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obligations under this License and any other pertinent obligations, then as
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a consequence you may not distribute the Linguistic Resource at all. For example,
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if a patent license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Linguistic
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Resource by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you,
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then the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain
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entirely from distribution of the Linguistic Resource.
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If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under any
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particular circumstance, the balance of the section is intended to apply,
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and the section as a whole is intended to apply in other circumstances.
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It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any patents
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or other property right claims or to contest validity of any such claims;
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this section has the sole purpose of protecting the integrity of the free
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resource distribution system which is implemented by public license practices.
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Many people have made generous contributions to the wide range of data distributed
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through that system in reliance on consistent application of that system;
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it is up to the author/donor to decide if he or she is willing to distribute
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resources through any other system and a licensee cannot impose that choice.
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This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to be a
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consequence of the rest of this License.
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9. If the distribution and/or use of the Linguistic Resource is restricted
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in certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the original
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copyright holder who places the Linguistic Resource under this License may
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add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding those countries,
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so that distribution is permitted only in or among countries not thus excluded.
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In such case, this License incorporates the limitation as if written in the
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body of this License.
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10. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of
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the Lesser General Public License for Linguistic Resources from time to time.
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Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may
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differ in detail to address new problems or concerns.
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Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Linguistic Resource
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specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any later
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version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions either
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of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
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If the Linguistic Resource does not specify a license version number, you
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may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation.
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11. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Linguistic Resource into other
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free programs whose distribution conditions are incompatible with these, write
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to the author to ask for permission.
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NO WARRANTY
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12. BECAUSE THE LINGUISTIC RESOURCE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO
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WARRANTY FOR THE LINGUISTIC RESOURCE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
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LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR
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OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE LINGUISTIC RESOURCE "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
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ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE LINGUISTIC RESOURCE
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IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE LINGUISTIC RESOURCE PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE
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COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
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13. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
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WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE
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THE LINGUISTIC RESOURCE AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
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INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
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OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE LINGUISTIC RESOURCE (INCLUDING BUT
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NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED
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BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE LINGUISTIC RESOURCE TO OPERATE
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WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED
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OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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