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License
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Botan (http://botan.randombit.net/) is distributed under these terms::

  Copyright (C) 1999-2011 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 Falko Strenzke
                2007-2008 Martin Doering
                2007 Manuel Hartl
                2007 Christoph Ludwig
                2007 Patrick Sona
                2010 Olivier de Gaalon
  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 AUTHOR(S) "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 AUTHOR(S) OR CONTRIBUTOR(S) BE
  LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
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  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
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