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		476
		477
		478		<one line to give the library's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
		479		Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
		480
		481		This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
		482		modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
		483		License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
		484		version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
		485
		486		This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
		487		but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
		488		MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
		489		Lesser General Public License for more details.
		490
		491		You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
		492		License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
		493		Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
		494
		495		Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
		496
		497		You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or
		498		your school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the library,
		499		if necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
		500
		501		Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the
		502		library `Frob' (a library for tweaking knobs) written by James
		503		Random Hacker.
		504
		505		<signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1990
		506		Ty Coon, President of Vice
		507
		508		That's all there is to it!
		509
		510