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+Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute,and license this
+software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted,
+provided that existing copyright notices are retained in all
+copies and that this notice is included verbatim in any
+distributions.  No written agreement, license, or royalty fee is
+required for any of the authorized uses.
+
+This software is provided ``AS IS'' without express or implied
+warranty.