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1COPYING file for VirtualBox versions 7.0 and later versions that include this
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61) The majority of the code in the VirtualBox base package is licensed under
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571IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL
572ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR CONVEYS THE
573PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
574GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE
575OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR
576DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR
577A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH
578HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
57917. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
580
581If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided above
582cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms, reviewing courts
583shall apply local law that most closely approximates an absolute waiver of
584all civil liability in connection with the Program, unless a warranty or
585assumption of liability accompanies a copy of the Program in return for a
586fee.
587
588END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
589How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
590
591If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest possible
592use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it free software
593which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
594
595To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to attach
596them to the start of each source file to most effectively state the exclusion
597of warranty; and each file should have at least the "copyright" line and a
598pointer to where the full notice is found.
599
600 <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
601 Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
602
603 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
604 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
605 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
606 (at your option) any later version.
607
608 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
609 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
610 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
611 GNU General Public License for more details.
612
613 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
614 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
615
616Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
617
618If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short notice like
619this when it starts in an interactive mode:
620
621 <program> Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
622 This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show
623w'.
624 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
625 under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
626
627The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
628parts of the General Public License. Of course, your program's commands might
629be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an "about box".
630
631You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school, if
632any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary. For more
633information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
634<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
635
636The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program
637into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
638consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
639library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General Public
640License instead of this License. But first, please read
641<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html>.
642
643______________
644
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