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1.1       tomglok     1:                     GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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                    317:     This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
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                    330:   `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
                    331:
                    332:   <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
                    333:   Ty Coon, President of Vice
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