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<A NAME="TOC1" HREF="#SEC1">GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</A>
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<A NAME="TOC2" HREF="#SEC2">Preamble</A>
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<A NAME="TOC3" HREF="#SEC3">TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION
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<A NAME="TOC4" HREF="#SEC4">How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries</A>
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<A NAME="SEC1" HREF="#TOC1">GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</A>
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Version 2, June 1991
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the
Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
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You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your school,
if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the library, if necessary. Here
is a sample; alter the names:
<PRE>
Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in
the library `Frob' (a library for tweaking knobs) written
by James Random Hacker.
<VAR>signature of Ty Coon</VAR>, 1 April 1990
Ty Coon, President of Vice
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That's all there is to it!
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