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and `show c'; they could even be mouse-clicks or
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interest in the program `Gnomovision' (which
makes passes at compilers) written by James
Hacker.
<signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989, Ty Coon,
President of Vice
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License (LGPL)
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[This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL.
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Public License, version 2, hence the version num-
ber 2.1.]
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