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Therefore, the parties agree as follows:

1. Grant of Rights to Publish. You hereby grant to The USENIX Association ("USENIX"), non-exclusive rights to publish your talk provisionally entitled:

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(the "Talk") and to disseminate the Talk in printed form, electronically, and in audiovisual formats (the "Rights").

USENIX may wish to disseminate the Talk (either in electronic form or as a live broadcast), to publish overheads or slides and audiovisual content on the USENIX Web server, and to otherwise disseminate the Talk.

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"Copyright to this work is retained by the author[s]. Permission is granted for the noncommercial reproduction of the complete work for educational or research purposes."

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e. the Talk and its contents are original to you;

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Exemption for employees of the United States Government:

I attest that the above Talk was prepared as part of the official duties of the author(s) as employees of the US Government and that a transfer of copyright cannot be made.

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