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-* Friendika
-* Copyright (c) 2010, Mike Macgirvin
-* 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 Friendika 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 Mike Macgirvin ``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 Mike Macgirvin 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.
+Copyright (c) 2010-2012 the Friendica Project
+All rights reserved.
 
-Friendika incorporates other software which may be licensed under different 
-terms and conditions. Some system libraries which are supplied with and
-incorporated into Friendika were provided by their respective authors under
-the LGPL (Lesser GNU Public License) and may result in legal encumberance if 
-you make any code changes to these libraries. 
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 
-Addon or "plugin" modules (within the 'addon' directory) are licensed under
-terms provided by the respective software author or authors of those works,
-and MAY include copyleft licenses such as GPLv3, AGPL, and/or commercial
-licenses. For the purposes of licensing, addon modules are considered separate
-standalone works. 
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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+THE SOFTWARE.