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Revision: 1.1
Committed: Sun Sep 7 22:57:40 2003 UTC (23 years ago) by root
Branch: MAIN
CVS Tags: rel-1_1, rel-1_0, rel-1_2, HEAD
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1 root 1.1 If you really need this under a different license, negotiate with
2     fcp-license@schmorp.de, he is not as bad as people claim, so he might even
3     relicense this stuff :)
4    
5     GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
6     Version 2, June 1991
7    
8     Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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285    
286     Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
287    
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289     possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
290     free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
291    
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296    
297     <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
298     Copyright (C) 19yy <name of author>
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313    
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315    
316     If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
317     when it starts in an interactive mode:
318    
319     Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19yy name of author
320     Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
321     This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
322     under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
323    
324     The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
325     parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may
326     be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
327     mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
328    
329     You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
330     school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
331     necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
332    
333     Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
334     `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
335    
336     <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
337     Ty Coon, President of Vice
338    
339     This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
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