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1This software is Invirt, copyright 2007-2008 its contributors.
2
3Invirt is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
4under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
5Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your
6option) any later version.
7
8Invirt is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
9ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
10FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
11for more details.
12
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14
15                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
16                       Version 2, June 1991
17
18 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
19 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
20 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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22
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296            How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
297
298  If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
299possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
300free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
301
302  To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest
303to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
304convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
305the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
306
307    <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
308    Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
309
310    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
311    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
312    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
313    (at your option) any later version.
314
315    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
316    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
317    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
318    GNU General Public License for more details.
319
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321    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
322    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
323
324Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
325
326If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
327when it starts in an interactive mode:
328
329    Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
330    Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
331    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
332    under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
333
334The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
335parts of the General Public License.  Of course, the commands you use may
336be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
337mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.
338
339You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
340school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
341necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:
342
343  Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
344  `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
345
346  <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
347  Ty Coon, President of Vice
348
349This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
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351consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
352library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
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