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 Pike by Fredrik Hübinette 1994-1997
 Permission to copy, modify, and distribute this source
 for any legal purpose granted as long as my name is
-still attatched to it. More specifically the GPL licence
+still attached to it. More specifically the GPL licence
 applies to this software.
 
 Read src/README for details on installation.