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+This license applies to the python-oletools package, apart from the thirdparty folder which contains third-party files 
+published with their own license.
+
+The python-oletools package is copyright (c) 2012-2019 Philippe Lagadec (http://www.decalage.info)
+
+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
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+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
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+WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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+
+
+----------
+
+olevba contains modified source code from the officeparser project, published
+under the following MIT License (MIT):
+
+officeparser is copyright (c) 2014 John William Davison
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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