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     3OverSim is licensed under the GPL license.
     4
     5{{{
     6                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
     7                       Version 2, June 1991
     8
     9 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
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     14                            Preamble
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     320    Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
     321    Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
     322    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
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     334  Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
     335  `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
     336
     337  <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
     338  Ty Coon, President of Vice
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     346}}}