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KiCad Free Documentation Licence
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Copyright (c) jean-pierre Charras
Copyright (C) KiCad Developers
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this licence document, but changing it is not allowed.
KICAD FREE DOCUMENTATION LICENCE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
1. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
manual or piece of documentation provided any copyright notice and this
permission notice are preserved on all copies.
2. Permission is granted to process this file or document through a
document processing system and, at your option and the option of any third
party, print the results, provided a printed document carries a copying
permission notice identical to this one.
3. Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
manual or piece of documentation under the conditions for verbatim
copying, provided also that any sections describing licensing conditions
for this manual, such as, in particular, the GNU General Public Licence,
the GNU Library General Public Licence, and any wxWindows Licence are
included exactly as in the original, and provided that the entire
resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission
notice identical to this one.
4. Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this
manual or piece of documentation into another language, under the above
conditions for modified versions, except that sections related to
licensing, including this paragraph, may also be included in translations
approved by the copyright holders of the respective licence documents in
addition to the original French or English.
WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
5. BECAUSE THIS MANUAL OR PIECE OF DOCUMENTATION IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE,
THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR IT, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER
PARTIES PROVIDE THIS MANUAL OR PIECE OF DOCUMENTATION "AS IS" WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF
THE MANUAL OR PIECE OF DOCUMENTATION IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE MANUAL OR
PIECE OF DOCUMENTATION PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL
NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
6. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL
ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
REDISTRIBUTE THE MANUAL OR PIECE OF DOCUMENTATION AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE
LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE
MANUAL OR PIECE OF DOCUMENTATION (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF
DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD
PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF A PROGRAM BASED ON THE MANUAL OR PIECE OF
DOCUMENTATION TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR
OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.