S-Lang is not public domain software --- it is copyrighted.  However,
it may be used for any purpose without royalty or fees in accordance
with the terms of the copyright.

It may distributed under either the GNU General public license or under the
Perl ``Artistic'' License.  See COPYING.GPL and COPYING.ART for more details.
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 Copyright (c) 1992, 1999, 2001, 2002 John E. Davis
 
 You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public
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