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socat is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPLv2;
except for install-sh, which is copyright MIT, with its own license;
In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holder gives permission to link the code
of this program with any version of the OpenSSL library which is distributed under a
license identical to that listed in the included COPYING.OpenSSL file, and distribute linked
combinations including the two. You must obey the GNU General Public License in all
respects for all of the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify this file, you may
extend this exception to your version of the file, but you are not obligated to do so. If you
do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of
the License
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
02139, USA.
GPL-1.0
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 1, February 1989
Copyright (C) 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
02110-1301 USA
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but
changing it is not allowed.
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users. The General Public License applies to the Free Software Foundation's software and
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too.