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diff --git a/license_GPLv2.md b/license_GPLv2.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b017086e9c --- /dev/null +++ b/license_GPLv2.md @@ -0,0 +1,264 @@ +The GNU General Public License, Version 2, June 1991 (GPLv2) +============================================================ + +> Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +> 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA + +Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license +document, but changing it is not allowed. + + +Preamble +-------- + +The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share +and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended to +guarantee your freedom to share and change free software--to make sure the +software is free for all its users. This General Public License applies to most +of the Free Software Foundation's software and to any other program whose +authors commit to using it. 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