<chapter>
<title>Copying, modification and redistribution</title>
<para>
Gimp-Print is <emphasis>free</emphasis>; this means that everyone
is free to use it and free to redistribute it on a free basis.
Gimp-Print is not in the public domain; it is copyrighted and
there are restrictions on its distribution, but these restrictions
are designed to permit everything that a good cooperating citizen
would want to do. What is not allowed is to try to prevent others
from further sharing any version of Gimp-Print that they might get
from you.
</para>
<para>
Specifically, we want to make sure that you have the right to give
away copies of Gimp-Print, that you receive source code or else
can get it if you want it, that you can change Gimp-Print or use
pieces of it in new free programs, and that you know you can do
these things.
</para>
<para>
To make sure that everyone has such rights, we have to forbid you
to deprive anyone else of these rights. For example, if you
distribute copies of Gimp-Print, you must give the recipients all
the rights that you have. You must make sure that they, too,
receive or can get the source code, and you must tell them their
rights.
</para>
<para>
Also, for our own protection, we must make certain that everyone
finds out that there is no warranty for Gimp-Print. If Gimp-Print
is modified by someone else and passed on, we want their
recipients to know that what they have is not what we distributed,
so that any problems introduced by others will no reflect on our
reputation.
</para>
<para>
Gimp-Print is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
License (GPL), reproduced in <xref linkend="gpl"/>.
</para>
</chapter>