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+Written by John R. Hauser. This work was made possible in part by the
+International Computer Science Institute, located at Suite 600, 1947 Center
+Street, Berkeley, California 94704. Funding was partially provided by the
+National Science Foundation under grant MIP-9311980. The original version
+of this code was written as part of a project to build a fixed-point vector
+processor in collaboration with the University of California at Berkeley,
+overseen by Profs. Nelson Morgan and John Wawrzynek. More information
+is available through the Web page `http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~jhauser/
+arithmetic/SoftFloat.html'.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS DISTRIBUTED AS IS, FOR FREE. Although reasonable effort has
+been made to avoid it, THIS SOFTWARE MAY CONTAIN FAULTS THAT WILL AT TIMES
+RESULT IN INCORRECT BEHAVIOR. USE OF THIS SOFTWARE IS RESTRICTED TO PERSONS
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+INSTITUTE (possibly via similar legal warning) AGAINST ALL LOSSES, COSTS, OR
+OTHER PROBLEMS INCURRED BY THEIR CUSTOMERS AND CLIENTS DUE TO THE SOFTWARE.
+
+Derivative works are acceptable, even for commercial purposes, so long as
+(1) the source code for the derivative work includes prominent notice that
+the work is derivative, and (2) the source code includes prominent notice with
+these four paragraphs for those parts of this code that are retained.
+
