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key: libtool-exception-2.0
short_name: GNU Libtool exception to GPL 2.0
name: GNU Libtool exception to GPL 2.0
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if you distribute this file as part of a program or library that
is built using GNU Libtool, you may include this file under the
same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that program.