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In detail:

1. Fortran code (src/*.f): 

Copyrighted and Licensed by ACM, 
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2. R interface (src/init.c src/akima.h R/*.R man/*.Rd data/*): 

The R interface code has been developed as work based on the 
ACM licensed code, hence it is also ACM licensed, copyright 
is by A. Gebhardt <albrecht.gebhardt@uni-klu.ac.at>. 

In order to fulfill the ACM copyright and license noted above, 
it is stated here that this work contains modified ACM material, 
and to fulfill this, the modified work including the R interface 
is available free to secondary users, and no charge is associated 
with such copies.


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