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      <h1 property="dc:title">DEC 3-Clause License</h1>
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      <h2>Full name</h2>
          <p style="margin-left: 20px;"><code property="spdx:name">DEC 3-Clause License</code></p>

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          <p style="margin-left: 20px;"><code property="spdx:licenseId">DEC-3-Clause</code></p>

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               <a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/blob/master/COPYING?ref_type=heads#L239" rel="rdfs:seeAlso" isValid=true isLive=true isWayBackLink=false match=false timestamp=2025-07-01T14:55:19Z>https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/blob/master/COPYING?ref_type&#61;heads#L239</a>
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            <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern .{0,5000}"> 
                Copyright 1997 Digital Equipment Corporation.
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All rights reserved.
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                accordance with the following terms and conditions.  Subject to these
                conditions, you may download, copy, install, use, modify and distribute
                this software in source and/or binary form. No title or ownership is
                transferred hereby.
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                        Any source code used, modified or distributed must reproduce and retain
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                        source file.
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                        No right is granted to use any trade name, trademark, or logo of Digital
                        Equipment Corporation. Neither the &quot;Digital Equipment Corporation&quot;
                        name nor any trademark or logo of Digital Equipment Corporation may be
                        used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
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                        This software is provided &quot;AS-IS&quot; and any express or implied warranties,
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