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and other small supporting files (under 300 lines long). It is a minimal license, composed of only two paragraphs, that normally covers single files rather than entire projects (although it is possible to replace the word "file" with "project" or "software" in the text). Its main purpose is to license minor files that do not need to be covered by the

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-licensed projects. The SPDX identifier for this license is FSFAP.

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has been derived from a combination of the GNU All-permissive License and the

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