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<H1><A NAME="SEC74">License and Copyright
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FFTW is copyright
© 1997--1999 Massachusetts Institute of
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FFTW is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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