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Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs |
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If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest |
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free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms. |
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To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest |
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convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least |
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
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Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19yy name of author |
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Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program |
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`Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker. |
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<signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989 |
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Ty Coon, President of Vice |
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