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+Copyright 2018-present HiveMQ GmbH
+ 
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use the contents of this repository except in
+ compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ 
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ 
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
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