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 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
-are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
+See the end of the file for license conditions.
 
 
 This directory tree holds version 22.0.93 of GNU Emacs, the extensible,
@@ -93,3 +92,21 @@ There are several subdirectories:
 that aren't part of the standard distribution of the OS.  The
 platform-specific README files and installation instructions should
 list the required tools.
+
+
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.