Understanding the Microsoft Permissive License

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Published on 2011-02-15T02:23:23Z Indexed on 2011/02/15 7:33 UTC
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I want to use certain parts of the Game State Management Example in a game I'm making, but I'm not sure how to do this legally. It says in the license that I'm supposed to include a copy of the license with it. So if I make a Visual Studio Solution, I just add the license.txt to the solution? Also, if I use a class and change it, do I have to keep the license info at the top or add that I changed it or what?

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