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1 johnpye 571 This is the notice of license and warranty for ASCEND IV.
2     The authors of ASCEND will consider other licensing arrangements
3     on a case-by-case basis. This license applies to all ASCEND
4     interface, compiler, and solver programs, but not to third
5     party software subsystems (Tcl/Tk/solving codes) that we
6     may call.
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401    
402     <signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989
403     Ty Coon, President of Vice
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