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usedinthework(whichmustbedistributedunderSections1and2
above);and,iftheworkisanexecutablelinkedwiththeLibrary,withthe
completemachine‐readable"workthatusestheLibrary",asobjectcode
and/orsourcecode,sothattheusercanmodifytheLibraryandthen
relinktoproduceamodified
executablecontainingthemodifiedLibrary.
(Itisunderstoodthattheuserwhochangesthecontentsofdefinitions
filesintheLibrarywillnotnecessarilybeabletorecompilethe
applicationtousethemodifieddefinitions.)
b)UseasuitablesharedlibrarymechanismforlinkingwiththeLibra
ry.A
suitablemechanismisonethat(1)usesatruntimeacopyofthelibrary
alreadypresentontheuser'scomputersystem,ratherthancopying
libraryfunctionsintotheexecutable,and(2)willoperateproperlywitha
modifiedversionofthelibrary,iftheuserinstallsone,aslongasthe
modifie
d
versionisinterface‐compatiblewiththeversionthatthework
wasmadewith.
c)Accompanytheworkwithawrittenoffer,validforatleastthreeyears,
togivethesameuser thematerialsspecifiedinSubsection6a,above,for
achargenomorethanthecostofperfor
mingthisdistribution.
d)Ifdistributionoftheworkismadebyofferingaccesstocopyfroma
designatedplace,offerequivalentaccesstocopytheabovespecified
materialsfromthesameplace.
e)Verifythattheuserhasalreadyreceivedacopyofthesematerial
sor
thatyouhavealreadysentthisuseracopy.
Foranexecutable,therequiredformofthe"workthatusestheLibrary"must
includeanydataandutilityprogramsneededforreproducingtheexecutable
fromit.However,asaspecialexception,thematerialstobedistributedneed
notincludeanythingthatisno
rmallydistributed(ineithersourceorbinary
form)withthemajorcomponents(compiler,kernel,andsoon)ofthe
operatingsystemonwhichtheexecutableruns,unlessthatcomponentitself
accompaniestheexecutable.
Itmayhappenthatthisrequirementcontradictsthelicenserestrictionsof
otherproprietarylibrariestha
tdonotnormallyaccompanyth
eoperating
system.Suchacontradict ionmeansyoucannotuseboththemandtheLibrary
togetherinanexecutablethatyoudistribute.
7.YoumayplacelibraryfacilitiesthatareaworkbasedontheLibraryside‐by‐
sideinasinglelibrarytogetherwithotherlibraryfa
cilitiesnotcoveredbythis
License,anddistributesuchacombinedlibrary,providedthattheseparate