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+Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: drgn
+Source: https://github.com/osandov/drgn
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+License: GPL v3.0
+
+License: GPL-3
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3, as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ .
+ 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ .
+ The complete text of the GPL version 3 can be seen in
+ /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.