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+IPython is licensed under the terms of the new or revised BSD license, as follows:
+
+Copyright (c) 2008, IPython Development Team
+
+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 the IPython Development Team 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 "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 COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
+INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
+NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 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 OR OTHERWISE)
+ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+About the IPython Development Team
+----------------------------------
+
+The IPython Development Team is the set of all contributors to the IPython project.
+This includes all of the IPython subprojects. Here is a list of the currently active contributors:
+
+	* Matthieu Brucher
+	* Ondrej Certik
+	* Laurent Dufrechou
+	* Robert Kern
+	* Brian E. Granger
+	* Fernando Perez (project leader)
+	* Benjamin Ragan-Kelley
+	* Ville M. Vainio
+	* Gael Varoququx
+	* Stefan van der Walt
+	* Tech-X Corporation
+	* Barry Wark
+
+If your name is missing, please add it.
+
+Our Copyright Policy
+--------------------
+
+IPython uses a shared copyright model. Each contributor maintains copyright over
+their contributions to IPython. But, it is important to note that these
+contributions are typically only changes to the repositories. Thus, the IPython
+source code, in its entirety is not the copyright of any single person or
+institution. Instead, it is the collective copyright of the entire IPython
+Development Team. If individual contributors want to maintain a record of what
+changes/contributions they have specific copyright on, they should indicate their
+copyright in the commit message of the change, when they commit the change to
+one of the IPython repositories.
+
+With this in mind, the following banner should be used in any source code file to 
+indicate the copyright and license terms:
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Copyright (C) 2008  The IPython Development Team
+#
+#  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
+#  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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