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You are allowed and encouraged to take this software and use it as you wish,
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NCARGRAPHICS Software Copyright Information

The IRAF plot package includes four tasks (contour, surface, hafton, velvect)
which call subroutines from the NCARGRAPHICS GKS-compatible graphics software
package, version 1.0.  The source for the NCARGRAPHICS software package has
been modified for use within IRAF and is included on our source distribution
tapes. Under new guidelines from the NSF, the NCARGRAPHICS software
package is not in the public domain.  We have been granted permission
by UCAR to redistribute the NCARGRAPHICS software by agreeing to
inform our users of the following terms and conditions.

"Under new guidelines from the National Science Foundation, this NCAR
software package is copyrighted and, therefore, not in the public domain.
Distribution by NCAR does not include the right of the recipient or user 
to redistribute this software or to copy this software, except for one
copy for archival purposes only.  Distribution is permitted only under
agreement with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
(UCAR).  Requests for redistribution and/or copying of the software
must be submitted in writing to: NCAR Contracts Office, Software
Distribution, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307.  We request that NCAR
be acknowledged as the source of software used in any resulting
research, publications, or sub-distributions.  UCAR does not indemnify any
infringement of copyright, patent or trademark through use or
modification of this software."
