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author | skullydazed <skullydazed@users.noreply.github.com> | 2017-03-28 15:20:36 -0700 |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2017-03-28 15:20:36 -0700 |
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Clarify the quantum license (#1042)
* Clarify the license for files we have signoff on
* Update against the currently signed off files
* Remove unused and not clearly licensed headers
* Replace an #endif I accidentally removed while resolving merge conflicts
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1 | The GNU General Public License, Version 2, June 1991 (GPLv2) | ||
2 | ============================================================ | ||
3 | |||
4 | > Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | ||
5 | > 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA | ||
6 | |||
7 | Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license | ||
8 | document, but changing it is not allowed. | ||
9 | |||
10 | |||
11 | Preamble | ||
12 | -------- | ||
13 | |||
14 | The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share | ||
15 | and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended to | ||
16 | guarantee your freedom to share and change free software--to make sure the | ||
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18 | of the Free Software Foundation's software and to any other program whose | ||
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