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+Alexandria software and associated documentation are in the public
+domain:
+
+  Authors dedicate this work to public domain, for the benefit of the
+  public at large and to the detriment of the authors' heirs and
+  successors. Authors intends this dedication to be an overt act of
+  relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights under
+  copyright law, whether vested or contingent, in the work. Authors
+  understands that such relinquishment of all rights includes the
+  relinquishment of all rights to enforce (by lawsuit or otherwise)
+  those copyrights in the work.
+
+  Authors recognize that, once placed in the public domain, the work
+  may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified,
+  built upon, or otherwise exploited by anyone for any purpose,
+  commercial or non-commercial, and in any way, including by methods
+  that have not yet been invented or conceived.
+
+In those legislations where public domain dedications are not
+recognized or possible, Alexandria is distributed under the following
+terms and conditions:
+
+  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 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.