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diff --git a/COPYING.LIB b/COPYING.LIB index cf9b6b9972..4362b49151 100644 --- a/COPYING.LIB +++ b/COPYING.LIB @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ - GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2.1, February 1999 Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. - 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + 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. @@ -23,8 +22,7 @@ specially designated software packages--typically libraries--of the Free Software Foundation and other authors who decide to use it. You can use it too, but we suggest you first think carefully about whether this license or the ordinary General Public License is the better -strategy to use in any particular case, based on the explanations -below. +strategy to use in any particular case, based on the explanations below. 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