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author | Havoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com> | 2002-11-21 16:41:33 +0000 |
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committer | Havoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com> | 2002-11-21 16:41:33 +0000 |
commit | 93cff3d69fb705806d2af4fd6f29c497ea3192e0 (patch) | |
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download | dbus-93cff3d69fb705806d2af4fd6f29c497ea3192e0.tar.gz |
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diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING new file mode 100644 index 00000000..79037fa6 --- /dev/null +++ b/COPYING @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ + Academic Free License + Version 1.2 + +This Academic Free License applies to any original work of authorship +(the "Original Work") whose owner (the "Licensor") has placed the +following notice immediately following the copyright notice for the +Original Work: + +Licensed under the Academic Free License version 1.2 + +Grant of License. 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