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This license does not grant any patent rights. With it, redistributions in binary or source form are permitted, whether or not they are modified. They must, however, have a copyright notice, a disclaimer, and a list of relevant conditions. The names of the copyright holder and its contributors cannot, however, be used.

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The Clear BSD License

Copyright (c) [year] [fullname]
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted (subject to the limitations in the disclaimer
below) provided that the following conditions are met:

     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
     this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
     documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

     * Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its
     contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
     software without specific prior written permission.

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THIS LICENSE. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND
CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
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POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

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