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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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              Version 2, June 1991
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Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 675 Mass Ave,
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Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute
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verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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                  Preamble
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The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to
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share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public License is
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intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software--to
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make sure the software is free for all its users. This General Public License
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applies to most of the Free Software Foundation's software and to any other
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Foundation software is covered by the GNU Library General Public License
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instead.) You can apply it to your programs, too.
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THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT
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