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title: Affero General Public License (AGPL)
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> — [Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Affero_General_Public_License)
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# GNU Affero General Public License
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Version 3, 19 November 2007
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Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
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The GNU Affero General Public License is a free, copyleft license for
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### 12. No Surrender of Others' Freedom.
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### 13. Remote Network Interaction; Use with the GNU General Public License.
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combined work, and to convey the resulting work. The terms of this
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but the work with which it is combined will remain governed by version
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### 14. Revised Versions of this License.
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of the GNU Affero General Public License from time to time. Such new
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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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specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU Affero General
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Public License "or any later version" applies to it, you have the
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option of following the terms and conditions either of that numbered
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Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of the
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public statement of acceptance of a version permanently authorizes you
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to choose that version for the Program.
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APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
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A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND
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reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates
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an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
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## How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
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possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
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free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these
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attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively state
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the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the
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"copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
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<one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
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Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
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it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
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published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
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License, or (at your option) any later version.
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
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along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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network, you should also make sure that it provides a way for users to
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get its source. For example, if your program is a web application, its
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interface could display a "Source" link that leads users to an archive
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of the code. There are many ways you could offer source, and different
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solutions will be better for different programs; see section 13 for
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the specific requirements.
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school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
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necessary. For more information on this, and how to apply and follow
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