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kdesu - a KDE front end to su
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AMMENDMENT: Geert Jansen relicensed his contributions
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under the following terms:
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Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software
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and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
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granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
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copies and that both that the copyright notice and this
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permission notice and warranty disclaimer appear in supporting
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documentation, and that the name of the author not be used in
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advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the
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software without specific, written prior permission.
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The author disclaim all warranties with regard to this
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software, including all implied warranties of merchantability
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and fitness. In no event shall the author be liable for any
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special, indirect or consequential damages or any damages
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whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether
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in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action,
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arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of
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The license below is only for reference once the remaining copyright
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holders have approved this licensing change.
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Copyright (c) 1998 by Pietro Iglio <iglio@fub.it>
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Copyright (c) 1999,2000 by Geert Jansen <jansen@kde.org>
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The "Artistic License"
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The intent of this document is to state the conditions under which a
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Package may be copied, such that the Copyright Holder maintains some
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semblance of artistic control over the development of the package,
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while giving the users of the package the right to use and
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right to make reasonable modifications.
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created through textual modification.
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basis of media cost, duplication charges, time of people
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involved, and so on. (You will not be required to justify it to
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the Copyright Holder, but only to the computing community at
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large as a market that must bear the fee.)
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* "Freely Available" means that no fee is charged for the item
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