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+License for files in the pypy/ directory 
+==================================================
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+information at the beginning of each file) all software and
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+
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+    Holger Krekel <hpk@trillke.net>
+    Christian Tismer <tismer@tismer.com>
+    Michael Hudson <mwh@python.net>
+    Carl Friedrich Bolz <cfbolz@gmx.de>
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+    Seo Sanghyeon <sanxiyn@gmail.com>
+    Alex Martelli <aleaxit@yahoo.com>
+    Anders Lehmann <serendipity-soft@get2net.dk>
+    Patrick Maupin <pmaupin@speakeasy.net>
+    Ludovic Aubry <ludovic.aubry@logilab.fr>
+    Bob Ippolito <bob@redivi.com>
+    Adrien Di Mascio <adim@logilab.fr>
+    Jacob Hallen <jacob@strakt.com>
+    Laura Creighton <lac@strakt.com>
+    Marius Gedminas <mgedmin@b4net.lt>
+    Niklaus Haldimann <nhaldimann@gmx.ch>
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+    Boris Feigin <boria@fbg.uklinux.net>
+    Valentino Volonghi <dialtone@divmod.com>        
+    Bert Freudenberg <bert@impara.de>
+    Andrew Thompson <andrew.thompson@newhert.com>    
+    Jonathan David Riehl <jriehl@spaceship.com>
+    Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
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