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-To apply this license to IDLE or IDLEfork, read 'IDLE' or 'IDLEfork'
-for every occurence of 'Python 2.3' in the text below.
-
-PSF LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR PYTHON 2.3
-------------------------------------
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