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> From: Qiantan Hong <qhong@mit.edu>
> Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 01:41:14 +0000
> 
> Can I use nontrivial but public domain code in GNU project?

Is this issue relevant to Emacs?  If not, please take it to
gnu-misc-discuss or some similar mailing list.