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IBM EWS license



I'd like to package NetRexx but IBM's license for Employee
Written Software makes it unsuitable for Debian.  I've talked
with the program's author and he says my interpretation of
the license doesn't reflect his wishes.  There is talk in
debian-java that the license for the IBM JDK is also a
problem and someone from Debian may be in touch with IBM
about this.  If this happens, could this license be included
in the discussion?  It's fairly short so I'll include it here.


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            IBM License Agreement for IBM Employee-Written Software
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       IF YOU DOWNLOAD OR USE THIS PROGRAM YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS.

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