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2 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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227 Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19xx name of author
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242 Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the
243 program `Gnomovision' (a program to direct compilers to make passes
244 at assemblers) written by James Hacker.
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246 <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
247 Ty Coon, President of Vice
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249That's all there is to it!
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