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Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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library `Frob' (a library for tweaking knobs) written by James Random Hacker.
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library `Frob' (a library for tweaking knobs) written by James Random
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