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1The software in this package is distributed under the GNU General Public
2License (with a special exception described below as 13th term).
3
4        GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
5           Version 2, June 1991
6
7 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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9 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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62        GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
63   TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
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305         END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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318    <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
319    Copyright (C) 19yy  <name of author>
320
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335
336Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
337
338If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
339when it starts in an interactive mode:
340
341    Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19yy name of author
342    Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
343    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
344    under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
345
346The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
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349mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
350
351You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
352school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
353necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:
354
355  Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
356  `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
357
358  <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
359  Ty Coon, President of Vice
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