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+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: Copyright (C) 2010, Darin McBride
+License: GPL or perl.5
+
+Files: README
+Copyright: Copyright (C) 2010, Darin McBride
+License: GPL
+
+Files: debian/*
+Copyright: 2013, Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb+debian@uvt.nl>
+License: Artistic or GPL-1+
+
+Files: lib/*
+Copyright: Copyright 2010, Darin McBride.
+License: GPL