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+zordoz
+Copyright (c) 2015 Ben Greenman
+
+This package is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public
+License (LGPL).  This means that you can link foo into proprietary
+applications, provided you follow the rules stated in the LGPL.  You
+can also modify this package; if you distribute a modified version,
+you must distribute it under the terms of the LGPL, which in
+particular means that you must release the source code for the
+modified software.  See http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html
+for more information.