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                           Qwt License 
                   Version 1.0, January 1, 2003 
  
 The Qwt library and included programs are provided under the terms 
 of the GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (LGPL) with the following 
 exceptions: 
  
     1. Widgets that are subclassed from Qwt widgets do not 
        constitute a derivative work. 
  
     2. Static linking of applications and widgets to the 
        Qwt library does not constitute a derivative work 
        and does not require the author to provide source 
        code for the application or widget, use the shared 
        Qwt libraries, or link their applications or 
        widgets against a user-supplied version of Qwt. 
  
        If you link the application or widget to a modified 
        version of Qwt, then the changes to Qwt must be  
        provided under the terms of the LGPL in sections 
        1, 2, and 4. 
  
     3. You do not have to provide a copy of the Qwt license 
        with programs that are linked to the Qwt library, nor 
        do you have to identify the Qwt license in your 
        program or documentation as required by section 6 
        of the LGPL. 
  
  
        However, programs must still identify their use of Qwt. 
        The following example statement can be included in user 
        documentation to satisfy this requirement: 
  
            [program/widget] is based in part on the work of 
            the Qwt project (http://qwt.sf.net). 
  
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