| Yuri Pankov | 96c8483 | 2018-04-11 16:16:11 -0400 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | The "Artistic License" |
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| 3 | Preamble |
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| 7 | semblance of artistic control over the development of the package, |
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| 118 | The End |
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