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+CONTENTS
+
+  Public Domain Notice
+  Exceptions (for bundled 3rd-party code)
+  Copyright F.A.Q.
+
+
+
+==============================================================
+                          PUBLIC DOMAIN NOTICE
+             National Center for Biotechnology Information
+
+With the exception of certain third-party files summarized below, this
+software is a "United States Government Work" under the terms of the
+United States Copyright Act.  It was written as part of the authors'
+official duties as United States Government employees and thus cannot
+be copyrighted.  This software is freely available to the public for
+use. The National Library of Medicine and the U.S. Government have not
+placed any restriction on its use or reproduction.
+
+Although all reasonable efforts have been taken to ensure the accuracy
+and reliability of the software and data, the NLM and the U.S.
+Government do not and cannot warrant the performance or results that
+may be obtained by using this software or data. The NLM and the U.S.
+Government disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including
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+
+Please cite the authors in any work or product based on this material.
+
+
+
+==============================================================
+EXCEPTIONS (in all cases excluding NCBI-written makefiles):
+
+
+Location: configure
+Authors:  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+License:  Unrestricted; at top of file
+
+Location: config.guess, config.sub
+Authors:  FSF
+License:  Unrestricted when distributed with the Toolkit;
+          standalone, GNU General Public License [gpl.txt]
+
+Location: {src,include}/dbapi/driver/ftds*/freetds
+Authors:  See src/dbapi/driver/ftds*/freetds/AUTHORS
+License:  GNU Library/Lesser General Public License
+          [src/dbapi/driver/ftds*/freetds/COPYING.LIB]
+
+Location: include/dbapi/driver/odbc/unix_odbc
+Authors:  Peter Harvey and Nick Gorham
+License:  GNU LGPL
+
+Location: {src,include}/gui/widgets/FLU
+Authors:  Jason Bryan
+License:  GNU LGPL
+
+Location: {src,include}/gui/widgets/Fl_Table
+Authors:  Greg Ercolano
+License:  GNU LGPL
+
+Location: include/util/bitset
+Author:   Anatoliy Kuznetsov
+License:  MIT [include/util/bitset/license.txt]
+
+Location: {src,include}/util/compress/bzip2
+Author:   Julian R Seward
+License:  BSDish [src/util/compress/bzip2/LICENSE]
+
+Location: {src,include}/util/compress/zlib
+Authors:  Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
+License:  BSDish [include/util/compress/zlib/zlib.h]
+
+Location: {src,include}/util/regexp
+Author:   Philip Hazel
+License:  BSDish [src/util/regexp/doc/LICENCE]
+
+Location: {src,include}/misc/xmlwrapp
+Author:   Peter J Jones at al. [src/misc/xmlwrapp/AUTHORS]
+License:  BSDish [src/misc/xmlwrapp/LICENSE]
+
+
+
+==============================================================
+Copyright F.A.Q.
+
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------
+Q. Our product makes use of the NCBI source code, and we did changes
+   and additions to that version of the NCBI code to better fit it to
+   our needs. Can we copyright the code, and how?
+
+A. You can copyright only the *changes* or the *additions* you made to the
+   NCBI source code. You should identify unambiguously those sections of
+   the code that were modified, e.g. by commenting any changes you made
+   in the code you distribute. Therefore, your license has to make clear
+   to users that your product is a combination of code that is public domain
+   within the U.S. (but may be subject to copyright by the U.S. in foreign
+   countries) and code that has been created or modified by you.
+
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------
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+
+A. No, you cannot license or relicense the source code written by NCBI
+   since you cannot claim any copyright in the software that was developed
+   at NCBI as a 'government work' and consequently is in the public domain
+   within the U.S.
+
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------
+Q. What if these copyright guidelines are not clear enough or are not
+   applicable to my particular case?
+
+A. Contact us. Send your questions to 'toolbox@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov'.