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+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42):
+# <felix@ffhartmann.de> wrote this file.  You are hereby granted permission to
+# copy, modify, or mutilate this file without restriction.  If you create a
+# work derived from this file, you may optionally include a copy of this notice,
+# for which I would be most grateful, but you are not required to do so.
+# If we meet some day, and you think this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a
+# beer in return.   Felix Hartmann
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------