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Clarify the quantum license (#1042)
* Clarify the license for files we have signoff on * Update against the currently signed off files * Remove unused and not clearly licensed headers * Replace an #endif I accidentally removed while resolving merge conflicts
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The GNU General Public License, Version 2, June 1991 (GPLv2)
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> Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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> 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license
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document, but changing it is not allowed.
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Preamble
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--------
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The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share
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and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public License is intended to
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guarantee your freedom to share and change free software--to make sure the
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software is free for all its users. This General Public License applies to most
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of the Free Software Foundation's software and to any other program whose
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authors commit to using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is
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covered by the GNU Lesser General Public License instead.) You can apply it to
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your programs, too.
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When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not price. Our
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General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to
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distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish),
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that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change
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the software or use pieces of it in new free programs; and that you know you can
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do these things.
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To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid anyone to deny
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these terms so they know their rights.
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We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and (2) offer
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