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+LuaRocks is free software: it can be used for both academic and commercial
+purposes at absolutely no cost. There are no royalties or GNU-like "copyleft"
+restrictions. LuaRocks qualifies as Open Source software. Its licenses are
+compatible with the GPL. LuaRocks is not in the public domain and the Kepler
+Project keeps its copyright. The legal details are below.
+
+The spirit of the license is that you are free to use LuaRocks for any purpose
+at no cost without having to ask us. The only requirement is that if you do
+use LuaRocks, then you should give us credit by including the appropriate
+copyright notice somewhere in your product or its documentation.
+
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+
+Copyright © 2007 Kepler Project.
+
+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 CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.