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GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE

Version 2.1, February 1999

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[This is the ﬁrst released version of the Lesser GPL. It also counts as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence the version number 2.1.]

Preamble

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