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+This repository is in the PUBLIC DOMAIN.  CC0 - Public Domain.  It was created anonymously, in public, for the use of the world to resist cloudflare.
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+Contributors who have anonymously so contributed (including in CryptoParty) have since come forward to give this project their blessing.
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+The tools directories may have their own license, see each directory to see if it has it's own COPYING/copyright file in it.
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