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+.. _license:
+
+================================================================================
+License
+================================================================================
+
+:Author: Frank Warmerdam
+:Contact: warmerdam@pobox.com
+:Date: 2001
+
+PROJ.4 has been placed under an MIT license. I believe this to be as close as
+possible to public domain while satisfying those who say that a copyright
+notice is required in some countries. The COPYING file read as follows:
+
+All source, data files and other contents of the PROJ.4 package are available
+under the following terms. Note that the PROJ 4.3 and earlier was "public
+domain" as is common with US government work, but apparently this is not a well
+defined legal term in many countries. I am placing everything under the
+following MIT style license because I believe it is effectively the same as
+public domain, allowing anyone to use the code as they wish, including making
+proprietary derivatives.
+
+Though I have put my own name as copyright holder, I don't mean to imply I did
+the work. Essentially all work was done by Gerald Evenden.
+
+::
+
+     Copyright (c) 2000, Frank Warmerdam
+
+     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:
+
+     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,
+     FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+     THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+     LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+     FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+     DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.