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#  File src/library/base/R/license.R
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#
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#
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licence <- license <- function() {
    cat("\nThis software is distributed under the terms of the GNU General\n")
    cat("Public License Version 2, June 1991.  The terms of this license\n")
    cat("are in a file called COPYING which you should have received with\n")
    cat("this software and which can be displayed by RShowDoc(\"COPYING\").\n")
    cat("\n")
    cat("If you have not received a copy of this file, you can obtain one\n")
    cat("at http://www.R-project.org/Licenses/.\n")
    cat("\n")
    cat("A small number of files (the API header files listed in\n")
    cat("R_DOC_DIR/COPYRIGHTS) are distributed under the\n")
    cat("Lesser GNU General Public LIcense version 2.1.\n")
    cat("This can be displayed by RShowDoc(\"COPYING.LIB\"),\n")
    cat("or obtained at the URI given.\n")
    cat("\n")
    cat("'Share and Enjoy.'\n\n")
}