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470 | | ||||
471 | You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your | ||||
472 | school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the library, if | ||||
473 | necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names: | ||||
474 | | ||||
475 | Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the | ||||
476 | library `Frob' (a library for tweaking knobs) written by James Random Hacker. | ||||
477 | | ||||
478 | <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1990 | ||||
479 | Ty Coon, President of Vice | ||||
480 | | ||||
481 | That's all there is to it! |