2 OpenContent License (OPL)
3 Version 1.0, July 14, 1998.
5 This document outlines the principles underlying the OpenContent
6 (OC) movement and may be redistributed provided it remains
7 unaltered. For legal purposes, this document is the license under
8 which OpenContent is made available for use.
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21 1. You may copy and distribute exact replicas of the OpenContent
22 (OC) as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
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