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款的规定下发布该作品的目标码。任何包含该作品的可执行程式也在第 6 款的范围内，不论它们是否直接与本函数库连结。 6. 做为上述条款的例外情况，您也可以将 "使用函数库的作品" 与本函数库结合或连结，以产生包含部分本函数库的作品，并在允许使用者自身使用时可以修改该作品，以及在对修改进行反组译除错的情况下，您可以依照您的选择发布该作品。 > 您必须在每个作品的副本突显出如下的注意事项：本函数库在作品中被使用，以及本函数库以及它的使用是在本许可证的规定下。您必须提供本许可证的副本。如果该作品在执行时显示版权声明，您必须在其中包含本函数库的版权声明，以及指引使用者取得本许可证的副本。同时，您必须做到以下其中一件事： > 必须将完整的机器可读的函数库原始码包含在该作品中，包括任何该作品使用到的改变 (这些改变必须在前述第 1 与第 2 款的要求下发布)；而且，如果该作品是一个与函数库连结的「完整的、机器可□的 "使用函数库的作品"」，则要有目标码和/或原始码，如此使用者可以修改本函数库且可以重新连结，以产生包函修改过的函数库的修改过的可执行程式。 (理所当然的若使用者修改了函数库的档案定义内容时，则该作品不必然可以重新编译以使用修改过的定义。) > 在与函数库连结时使用适当的分享函数库连结机制。一个适当的机制是： (1) 在执行时使用已存在于使用者的电脑中的函数库副本，而不是将函数库的函数复制到可执行程式里，以及 (2) 如果使用者安装了一份修改过的函数库，只要修改过的版本在介面上与该作品在编译连结时所用的版本是相容的，则该执行程式可以与修改过的函数库运作良好。 > 在该作品内提供书面报价，有效期不少于三年，以提供同样的使用者上述第 6a 款中的内容，费用不得超过该程式发布的实际成本。 如果所发布的作品是由指定的地点提供拷贝索取，则由同一地点提供上述内容的等价拷贝索取。 > 确定使用者已经收到该作品的一份复制，或是您已经寄给该使用者一份复制品。 对于一个可执行程式，其所需的 "使用函数库的作品" 的形式必须包括任何要从中再产生可执行程式时所需的资料与工具程式。然而，有一个特殊例外，其所发布的内容不需要包括任何一般与「可执行本程式的作业系统」的主要部分 (如编译器、核心等) 一起发布的部分 (不论是原始码或可执行码)，除非这些组成部分和可执行作品结合在一起。 > 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