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- GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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- 59 Temple Place, Suite 330 , Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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+ 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor , Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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[This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL. It also counts
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as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence
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The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
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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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