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+Copyright (c) 2012-2013, Dmitry Melnikov
+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 fix_parser nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote
+      products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
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