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+/* Copyright (C) 2018 The KPhotoAlbum Development Team
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+   the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version
+   accepted by the membership of KDE e. V. (or its successor approved
+   by the membership of KDE e. V.), which shall act as a proxy
+   defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.
+
+   This program 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 for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/