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+/* version.h
+
+   Copyright (C) 1998-2005 Roman Hodek <Roman.Hodek@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+   On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
+   can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3 file.
+*/
+
+#ifndef _version_h
+#define _version_h
+
+#define VERSION "3.0.12"
+#define VERSION_DATE "29 Oct 2011"
+
+#endif