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redistribution under these terms (or, alternatively, under the terms of the |
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To apply these terms, attach the following notices to the library. It is |
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safest to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively |
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convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the |
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"copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. |
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<one line to give the library's name and a brief idea of what it does.> |
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Copyright (C) <year> <name of author> |
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This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or |
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modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public |
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License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either |
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version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. |
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This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU |
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Lesser General Public License for more details. |
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public |
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License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software |
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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 |
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school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the library, if |
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necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names: |
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Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the |
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library `Frob' (a library for tweaking knobs) written by James Random Hacker. |
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<signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1990 |
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Ty Coon, President of Vice |
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That's all there is to it! |
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