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Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. |
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You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your |
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school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the library, if |
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necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names: |
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Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the |
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library `Frob' (a library for tweaking knobs) written by James Random Hacker. |
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<signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1990 |
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Ty Coon, President of Vice |
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That's all there is to it! |