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<h1 class="title">Software License</h1>
<p>In general, all source code is covered by the <a class="reference" href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php">GNU General Public License (GPL)</a> with the following exceptions:</p>
<p>The backend is covered by a <a class="reference" href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php">MIT license</a>.</p>
<p>The printer driver "HPIJS" uses a <a class="reference" href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php">BSD license</a>.</p>
<p><em>See the COPYING file in the HPLIP tarball for more details.</em></p>
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