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+Terms and conditions:
+
+  Copyright (c) 2004-2008  Yusuke Shinyama <yusuke at cs dot nyu dot edu>
+
+  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+  obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+  files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+  restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+  copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+  sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+  Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
+  conditions:
+
+  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+  included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+  KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
+  WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+  PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+  COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
+  OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+  SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+