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Update LICENSE to explain the state of the world. Add OpenSSL exemption to my sources.
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This software is provided under a mutually-compatible set of licenses.
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The software, for most intents and purposes, is licensed under the GNU
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General Public License, Version 2.
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Almost all of the source files are licensed under the GNU GPL, Version 2,
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"or (at your option) any later version". However, some of the source files
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are licensed under Version 2 of the GNU GPL specifically.
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Some of the source files have an exception for linking against OpenSSL, as
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per the following language:
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As a special exception, permission is granted to link the
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binary module resultant from this code with the OpenSSL
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project's "OpenSSL" library (or modified versions of it that
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use the same license as the "OpenSSL" library), and
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distribute the linked executable. You must obey the GNU
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General Public License in all respects for all of the code
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used other than "OpenSSL". If you modify this file, you may
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extend this exception to your version of the file, but you
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are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so,
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delete this exception statement from your version of this
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file.
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Some of the source files are in the public domain.
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Please see the individual source files for their specific licensing.
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The text of the GNU GPL is below.
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------------------------------------------------------------
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GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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Version 2, June 1991
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