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+# Public Interfaces of the C64 KERNAL
+
+In terms of the goal of ensuring interoperability, it is vital that the public interfaces match.
+We believe that this activity very closely matches that described in section 12 of
+http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/JlLawInfoSci/2003/2.html
+and thus is allowable.
+