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/*!
    \page qtmain.html
    \title The qtmain Library
    \ingroup licensing
    \ingroup platform-notes
    \brief Describes the use and license of the qtmain helper library.

    qtmain is a helper library that enables the developer to write a
    cross-platform main() function on Windows.

    If you do not use \l qmake or the \l{Visual Studio Integration}
    available to \l{Qt Commercial Editions}{commercial licensees}, you also
    need to link against the \c qtmain library.

    \section1 License Information

    The QAxContainer module is not covered by the \l{GNU General Public License (GPL)},
    the \l{GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)}, or the
    \l{Qt Commercial Editions}{Qt Commercial License}. Instead, it is distributed under
    the following license.
    
    \legalese
    Copyright (c) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).\br
    All rights reserved.

    Contact:  Qt Software Information (qt-info@nokia.com)\br

    You may use this file under the terms of the BSD license as follows:\br

    "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
    are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list
    of conditions and the following disclaimer.\br
    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this
    list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other
    materials provided with the distribution.\br
    * Neither the name of Nokia Corporation and its Subsidiary(-ies) nor the names of
    its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
    software without specific prior written permission.

    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY
    EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
    OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT
    SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
    INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
    TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
    BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
    CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
    ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE."
    \endlegalese
*/