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 This code was originally copyright Digital Dynamics and is now public domain.
 
-I'm commiting Synchronet v1b revision 6 to this repository, which was never released to the public previously.
+I'm committing Synchronet v1b revision 6 to this repository, which was never released to the public previously.
 The source code appeared to have only minor differences from v1b rev 5 (the last released revision of v1b, released on June 1, 1993).
 The source files with the latest date/time stamp were dated June 3, 1993.