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@@ -4858,7 +4858,7 @@ a Free license as well) and the Free Software system it documents.
 
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-However, custom support, service, and software improvement contracts
+Custom support, service, and software improvement contracts
 are the most widely used models for GPL'd software. The GPL is
 central to their success, because it ensures that the code base
 remains common, and that large and small companies are on equal
