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+Pike is protected by international copyright laws.
+Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Fredrik H�binette
+Copyright (c) 1996-1997 Informationsv�varna AB
+Copyright (c) 1997-2000 Idonex AB
+Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Roxen Internet Software AB
+
+Pike refers to the source code, and any executables
+created from the same source code.
+
+This source is distributed under GPL, see the file
+COPYING for more details.
+