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-Also see the copyright and anti-GPV note following the GPL copy...
+The code in the fetchmail distribution is Copyright 1996 by Eric S. Raymond.
+Portions are also copyrighted by Carl Harris, 1993 and 1995. Copyright
+retained for the purpose of protecting free redistribution of source.
+
+ NO-VIRUS CLAUSE
+
+The intent of this license is to protect free redistribution and reuse of the
+source of the licensed distribution, not to prejudice the authorship
+rights of programmers of other code to control their original inventions.
+
+No portion of this license is to be interpreted as forbidding the reuse of
+this code or its constituent parts, algorithms, or inventions in commercial
+products.
+
+Nor shall such inclusion be construed to require the GPLing or disclosure of
+any portions of said commercial products other than those falling under
+the copyright of the licensed distribution.
+
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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, June 1991
@@ -279,24 +296,3 @@ YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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-
-The code in the fetchmail distribution is Copyright 1996 by Eric S. Raymond.
-Portions are also copyrighted by Carl Harris, 1993 and 1995. Copyright
-retained for the purpose of protecting free redistribution of source.
-
- NO-VIRUS CLAUSE
-
-The intent of this license is to protect free redistribution and reuse of the
-source of the licensed distribution, not to prejudice the authorship
-rights of programmers of other code to control their original inventions.
-
-No portion of this license is to be interpreted as forbidding the reuse of
-this code or its constituent parts, algorithms, or inventions in commercial
-products.
-
-Nor shall such inclusion be construed to require the GPLing or disclosure of
-any portions of said commercial products other than those falling under
-the attached copyright.
-
-
-