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+Copyright (C) 2014-2018 fincs
+
+This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+warranty.  In no event will the authors be held liable for any
+damages arising from the use of this software.
+
+Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any
+purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and
+redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+
+1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you
+   must not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use
+   this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product
+   documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
+2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and
+   must not be misrepresented as being the original software.
+3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
+   distribution.