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Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author Gnomovision comes |
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with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'show w'. This is free |
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Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program |
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'Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker. |
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signature of Ty Coon, 1 April 1989 |
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