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+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+version.
+
+The complete text of the license is available in the
+../Documentation/licenses/COPYING.LGPLv2.1 file.