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Ifsuchanobjectfileusesonlynumericalparameters,datastructurelayoutsandaccessors,
andsmallmacrosandsmallinlinefunctions(tenlinesorlessinlength),thentheuseofthe
objectfileisunrestricted,regardlessofwhetheritislegallyaderivativework.(Executables
containingthisobjectcodeplusportionsoftheLibrarywillstillfallunderSection6.)
Otherwise,iftheworkisaderivativeoftheLibrary,youmaydistributetheobjectcodefor
theworkunderthetermsofSection6.Anyexecutablescontainingthatworkalsofallunder
Section6,whetherornottheyarelinkeddirectlywiththeLibraryitself.
6.AsanexceptiontotheSectionsabove,youmayalsocombineorlinka"workthatuses
theLibrary"withtheLibrarytoproduceaworkcontainingportionsoftheLibrary,and
distributethatworkundertermsofyourchoice,providedthatthetermspermit
modificationoftheworkforthecustomer'sownuseandreverseengineeringfordebugging
suchmodifications.
YoumustgiveprominentnoticewitheachcopyoftheworkthattheLibraryisusedinitand
thattheLibraryanditsusearecoveredbythisLicense.Youmustsupplyacopyofthis
License.Iftheworkduringexecutiondisplayscopyrightnotices,youmustincludethe
copyrightnoticefortheLibraryamongthem,aswellasareferencedirectingtheusertothe
copyofthisLicense.Also,youmustdooneofthesethings:
a)Accompanytheworkwiththecompletecorrespondingmachine-readablesourcecode
fortheLibraryincludingwhateverchangeswereusedinthework(whichmustbe
distributedunderSections1and2above);and,iftheworkisanexecutablelinkedwiththe
Library,withthecompletemachine-readable"workthatusestheLibrary",asobjectcode
and/orsourcecode,sothattheusercanmodifytheLibraryandthenrelinktoproducea
modifiedexecutablecontainingthemodifiedLibrary.(Itisunderstoodthattheuserwho
changesthecontentsofdefinitionsfilesintheLibrarywillnotnecessarilybeableto
recompiletheapplicationtousethemodifieddefinitions.)
b)UseasuitablesharedlibrarymechanismforlinkingwiththeLibrary.Asuitable
mechanismisonethat(1)usesatruntimeacopyofthelibraryalreadypresentonthe
user'scomputersystem,ratherthancopyinglibraryfunctionsintotheexecutable,and(2)
willoperateproperlywithamodifiedversionofthelibrary,iftheuserinstallsone,aslong
asthemodifiedversionisinterface-compatiblewiththeversionthattheworkwasmade
with.
c)Accompanytheworkwithawrittenoffer,validforatleastthreeyears,togivethesame
userthematerialsspecifiedinSubsection6a,above,forachargenomorethanthecostof
performingthisdistribution.
d)Ifdistributionoftheworkismadebyofferingaccesstocopyfromadesignatedplace,
offerequivalentaccesstocopytheabovespecifiedmaterialsfromthesameplace.
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