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		453
		454		You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your school,
		455		if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the library, if necessary. Here
		456		is a sample; alter the names:
		457
		458		Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in
		459
		460		the library `Frob' (a library for tweaking knobs) written
		461
		462		by James Random Hacker.
		463
		464		< signature of Ty Coon > , 1 April 1990
		465
		466		Ty Coon, President of Vice
		467
		468		That's all there is to it!