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+The code of ffho-packages may be distributed under the following terms, unless
+noted otherwise in individual files or subtrees.
+
+Copyright (c) 2016, Freifunk Hochstift <kontakt@hochstift.freifunk.net>
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
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