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authorJeff Bailey <jbailey@gnu.org>2000-12-30 20:08:37 +0000
committerJeff Bailey <jbailey@gnu.org>2000-12-30 20:08:37 +0000
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This is the GNU mailutils package
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-This package contains a POP3 server and a simple replacement for `/bin/mail'.
-An IMAP4 server is being worked on. These applications are tied around a
-central library that handles all mailbox activity called libmailbox, which is
-LGPLd (See COPYING). If you want to use this in your own programs, see the
-examples subdirectory.
+This package contains a POP3 server and a simple replacement for
+`/bin/mail'. An IMAP4 server is being worked on. These applications
+are tied around a central library that handles all mailbox activity
+called libmailbox. If you want to use this in your own programs, see
+the examples subdirectory.
+
+The library is licensed under the GNU LGPL. The documentation is
+licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. All other code is
+licensed under the GNU GPL. See the files COPYING, COPYING.LIB, and
+COPYING.FDL for details.
This software is part of the GNU project and belongs to the Free Software
Foundation.

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