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-Copyright 2007-2015 UNINETT AS, http://www.uninett.no
-
-SimpleSAMLphp is licensed under the CC-GNU LGPL version 2.1.
-http://creativecommons.org/licenses/LGPL/2.1/
-
-Note that some of the embedded libraries may be using other licenses.
-For example xmlseclibs uses BSD license.
-
-This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-version 2.1 of the License, or any later version.
-
-This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
-Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA