The software in this package is distributed under the GNU General 
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of GNU General Public License (GPL) is included in this distribution, 
in the file LICENSE-GPL.txt. All the files distributed under GPL also 
include the following special exception:

    As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library 
    give you permission to link this library with independent modules
    to produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of 
    these independent modules, and to copy and distribute the 
    resulting executable under terms of your choice, provided that 
    you also meet, for each linked independent module, the terms and 
    conditions of the license of that module. An independent module 
    is a module which is not derived from or based on this library. 
    If you modify this library, you may extend this exception to your 
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As such, this software can be used to run free as well as proprietary
applications and applets. Modifications made to the classes in this
distribution must however be distributed under the GPL, optionally
with the same exception as above.