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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2017-2018 LBRY Inc
+
+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
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+SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.