[ltt-dev] [PATCH 1/3] Add LGPLv2.1 license text
Pierre-Marc Fournier
pierre-marc.fournier at polymtl.ca
Wed Sep 1 01:10:14 EDT 2010
All 3 patches pulled, thanks.
pmf
On 08/30/2010 04:22 AM, Nils Carlson wrote:
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