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Open Source Used in RV110W Version 1.2.0.x - Cisco Systems, Inc

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designated libraries. This license is quite different from the ord<strong>in</strong>aryone; be sure to read it <strong>in</strong> full, and don't assume that anyth<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> it isthe same as <strong>in</strong> the ord<strong>in</strong>ary license.The reason we have a separate public license for some libraries is thatthey blur the dist<strong>in</strong>ction we usually make between modify<strong>in</strong>g or add<strong>in</strong>g to aprogram and simply us<strong>in</strong>g it. L<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g a program with a library, withoutchang<strong>in</strong>g the library, is <strong>in</strong> some sense simply us<strong>in</strong>g the library, and isanalogous to runn<strong>in</strong>g a utility program or application program. However, <strong>in</strong>a textual and legal sense, the l<strong>in</strong>ked executable is a comb<strong>in</strong>ed work, aderivative of the orig<strong>in</strong>al library, and the ord<strong>in</strong>ary General Public Licensetreats it as such.Because of this blurred dist<strong>in</strong>ction, us<strong>in</strong>g the ord<strong>in</strong>ary GeneralPublic License for libraries did not effectively promote softwareshar<strong>in</strong>g, because most developers did not use the libraries. Weconcluded that weaker conditions might promote shar<strong>in</strong>g better.However, unrestricted l<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g of non-free programs would deprive theusers of those programs of all benefit from the free status of thelibraries themselves. This Library General Public License is <strong>in</strong>tended topermit developers of non-free programs to use free libraries, whilepreserv<strong>in</strong>g your freedom as a user of such programs to change the freelibraries that are <strong>in</strong>corporated <strong>in</strong> them. (We have not seen how to achievethis as regards changes <strong>in</strong> header files, but we have achieved it as regardschanges <strong>in</strong> the actual functions of the Library.) The hope is that thiswill lead to faster development of free libraries.The precise terms and conditions for copy<strong>in</strong>g, distribution andmodification follow. Pay close attention to the difference between a"work based on the library" and a "work that uses the library". Theformer conta<strong>in</strong>s code derived from the library, while the latter onlyworks together with the library.Note that it is possible for a library to be covered by the ord<strong>in</strong>aryGeneral Public License rather than by this special one.GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSETERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION0. This License Agreement applies to any software library whichconta<strong>in</strong>s a notice placed by the copyright holder or other authorizedparty say<strong>in</strong>g it may be distributed under the terms of this LibraryGeneral Public License (also called "this License"). Each licensee isaddressed as "you".A "library" means a collection of software functions and/or dataprepared so as to be conveniently l<strong>in</strong>ked with application programs78-20747-01 <strong>Open</strong> <strong>Source</strong> <strong>Used</strong> In <strong>RV110W</strong> <strong>1.2.0.x</strong> 13

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