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+Copyright (c) 2002-2006, Marc Prud'hommeaux <mwp1@cornell.edu>
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
+without modification, are permitted provided that the following
+conditions are met:
+
+Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+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.
+
+Neither the name of JLine nor the names of its contributors
+may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
+software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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+