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Xcftools is written by Henning Makholm <henning@makholm.net>
-(Copyright 2006).
+It is hereby in the public domain.
-Xcftools is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
-published by the Free Software Foundation.
+In jurisdictions that do not recognise grants of copyright to the
+public domain: I, the author and (presumably, in those jurisdictions)
+copyright holder, hereby permit anyone to distribute and use this code,
+in source code or binary form, with or without modifications. This
+permission is world-wide and irrevocable.
-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.
+Of course, I will not be liable for any errors or shortcomings in the
+code, since I give it away without asking any compenstations.
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+If you use or distribute this code, I would appreciate receiving
+credit for writing it, in whichever way you find proper and customary.