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