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COPYING: Remove the note about old releases

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@ -65,25 +65,6 @@ XZ Utils Licensing
- COPYING.GPLv2: GNU General Public License version 2
- COPYING.GPLv3: GNU General Public License version 3
A note about old XZ Utils releases:
XZ Utils releases 5.4.6 and older and 5.5.1alpha have a
significant amount of code put into the public domain and
that obviously remains so. The switch from public domain to
0BSD for newer releases was made in Febrary 2024 because
public domain has (real or perceived) legal ambiguities in
some jurisdictions.
There is very little *practical* difference between public
domain and 0BSD. The main difference likely is that one
shouldn't claim that 0BSD-licensed code is in the public
domain; 0BSD-licensed code is copyrighted but available under
an extremely permissive license. Neither 0BSD nor public domain
require retaining or reproducing author, copyright holder, or
license notices when distributing the software. (Compare to,
for example, BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License which does have
such requirements.)
If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask for more information.
The contact information is in the README file.