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1 scandium 1.1 As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
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328     Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
329     Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
330     This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
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341    
342     Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
343     `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
344    
345     <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
346     Ty Coon, President of Vice
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