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 /* FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec
  * Copyright (C) 2001,2002,2003  Josh Coalson
  *
- * This program is part of FLAC; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
- * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ * This file is part the FLAC project.  FLAC is comprised of several
+ * components distributed under difference licenses.  The codec libraries
+ * are distributed under Xiph.Org's BSD-like license (see the file
+ * COPYING.Xiph in this distribution).  All other programs, libraries, and
+ * plugins are distributed under the GPL (see COPYING.GPL).  The documentation
+ * is distributed under the Gnu FDL (see COPYING.FDL).  Each file in the
+ * FLAC distribution contains at the top the terms under which it may be
+ * distributed.
  *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+ * Since this particular file is relevant to all components of FLAC,
+ * it may be distributed under the Xiph.Org license, which is the least
+ * restrictive of those mentioned above.  See the file COPYING.Xiph in this
+ * distribution.
  */