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+Red Hat disclaims any copyright on the "mailcap" and "mime-types" files and places them in the public domain. You are 
+free to do whatever you wish with these files.
+
+The mailcap.4 man page is under an MIT license:
+
+Copyright (c) 1991 Bell Communications Research, Inc. (Bellcore)
+
+Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this material
+for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
+that the above copyright notice and this permission notice
+appear in all copies, and that the name of Bellcore not be
+used in advertising or publicity pertaining to this
+material without the specific, prior written permission
+of an authorized representative of Bellcore.  BELLCORE
+MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR SUITABILITY
+OF THIS MATERIAL FOR ANY PURPOSE.  IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS",
+WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES.
+
+
+Tom Callaway, Fedora Legal, Red Hat
+Thu Sep 17, 2009