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+Copyright (C) 1999-2013,2014,2015 Jack Lloyd
+              2001 Peter J Jones
+              2004-2007 Justin Karneges
+              2004 Vaclav Ovsik
+              2005 Matthew Gregan
+              2005-2006 Matt Johnston
+              2006 Luca Piccarreta
+              2007 Yves Jerschow
+              2007-2008 FlexSecure GmbH
+              2007-2008 Technische Universitat Darmstadt
+              2007-2008,2010,2014 Falko Strenzke
+              2007-2008 Martin Doering
+              2007 Manuel Hartl
+              2007 Christoph Ludwig
+              2007 Patrick Sona
+              2008 Copyright Projet SECRET, INRIA, Rocquencourt
+              2008 Bhaskar Biswas and Nicolas Sendrier
+              2008 Google Inc.
+              2010 Olivier de Gaalon
+              2012 Vojtech Kral
+              2012-2014 Markus Wanner
+              2013 Joel Low
+              2014 cryptosource GmbH
+              2014 Andrew Moon
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+   this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer.
+
+2. 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.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.