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 * See the Github issue tracker. 
 
 ## License
-Libyquist is released under the 2-Clause BSD license. All dependencies and codecs are under similar open licenses.
+This library is released under the simplied 2 clause BSD license. All included dependencies have been released under identical or similarly permissive licenses.