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@@ -0,0 +1,277 @@ + +/* + +GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE + +Version 2, June 1991 + +Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA + +Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies +of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. + +Preamble + +The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to +share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended +to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software--to make sure +the software is free for all its users. This General Public License applies +to most of the Free Software Foundation's software and to any other program +whose authors commit to using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation +software is covered by the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You +can apply it to your programs, too. + +When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. 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