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meillo@9 1 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
meillo@9 2 Version 2, June 1991
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meillo@9 282 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
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meillo@9 312 If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
meillo@9 313 when it starts in an interactive mode:
meillo@9 314
meillo@9 315 Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
meillo@9 316 Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
meillo@9 317 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
meillo@9 318 under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
meillo@9 319
meillo@9 320 The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
meillo@9 321 parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may
meillo@9 322 be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
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meillo@9 325 You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
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meillo@9 327 necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
meillo@9 328
meillo@9 329 Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
meillo@9 330 `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
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meillo@9 332 <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
meillo@9 333 Ty Coon, President of Vice
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