COPYING revision 1.1 1 1.1 mrg GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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321 1.1 mrg Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
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331 1.1 mrg You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
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335 1.1 mrg Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
336 1.1 mrg `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
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338 1.1 mrg <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
339 1.1 mrg Ty Coon, President of Vice
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