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1 schoenebeck 5 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
2     Version 2, June 1991
3    
4     Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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331     `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
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333     <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
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