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1 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
2 Version 2, June 1991
3
4 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
6 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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9 Preamble
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11 The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
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60 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
61 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
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63 0. This License applies to any program or other work which contains
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80 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
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286
287 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
288
289 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
290possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
291free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
292
293 To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
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297
298 <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
299 Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
300
301 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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315
316Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
317
318If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
319when it starts in an interactive mode:
320
321 Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
322 Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
323 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
324 under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
325
326The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
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331You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
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334
335 Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
336 `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
337
338 <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
339 Ty Coon, President of Vice
340
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