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+Copyright (c) 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+  
+This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+published by the Free Software Foundation.
+  
+This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+accompanied this code).
+ 
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+  
+Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+have any questions.
+
+________________________________________________________________________
+
+Please refer to the comments in the Makefile in this directory
+for instructions how to build the Solaris versions.
+