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1*dc55ffb4SAugustin CavalierThe vast majority of code in this repository was written by the Haiku Project,
2*dc55ffb4SAugustin Cavalierand is licensed under the MIT license, which appears below. There are some
3*dc55ffb4SAugustin Cavaliernotable exceptions to this, such as the GNU C library (which is under the GPL)
4*dc55ffb4SAugustin Cavalieras well as many other files in this repository which are under other licenses.
5*dc55ffb4SAugustin CavalierEvery piece of source code should have its license specified at the top, but
6*dc55ffb4SAugustin Cavalierthere is also a (probably) comprehensive set of known licenses in the
7*dc55ffb4SAugustin Cavalier`data/system/data/licenses` directory.
8*dc55ffb4SAugustin Cavalier
9*dc55ffb4SAugustin Cavalier
10*dc55ffb4SAugustin CavalierThe MIT License
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12*dc55ffb4SAugustin Cavalier
13*dc55ffb4SAugustin CavalierCopyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>
14*dc55ffb4SAugustin Cavalier
15*dc55ffb4SAugustin CavalierPermission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
16*dc55ffb4SAugustin Cavalierof this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
17*dc55ffb4SAugustin Cavalierin the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
18*dc55ffb4SAugustin Cavalierto use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
19*dc55ffb4SAugustin Cavaliercopies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
20*dc55ffb4SAugustin Cavalierfurnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
21*dc55ffb4SAugustin Cavalier
22*dc55ffb4SAugustin CavalierThe above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
23*dc55ffb4SAugustin Cavalierall copies or substantial portions of the Software.
24*dc55ffb4SAugustin Cavalier
25*dc55ffb4SAugustin CavalierTHE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
26*dc55ffb4SAugustin CavalierIMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
27*dc55ffb4SAugustin CavalierFITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
28*dc55ffb4SAugustin CavalierAUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
29*dc55ffb4SAugustin CavalierLIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
30*dc55ffb4SAugustin CavalierOUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
31*dc55ffb4SAugustin CavalierTHE SOFTWARE.
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