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Nicholas Mc Guire wrote:

>                  THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT COPYRIGHTED
> 
> how does that fit with there being a GPL problem ? - if there really is
> then these headers sould be changed as the expectation is clearly 
> different.

Such a header has no legal significance, so if you want to copy
this code, it is up to you to check that the author has indeed
issued an appropriate license, and/or disclaimed copyright (I
think this is possible in the US, it is not possible in many
European countries as I understand things).

Also, any answer you get to a legal question about licensing
on this forum has no legal significance (and that includes
this answer).