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+SVM-Light
+---------
+
+Available at http://svmlight.joachims.org/
+
+Author: Thorsten Joachims
+	[e-mail]
+
+	Cornell University
+	Department of Computer Science
+	4153 Upson Hall
+	Ithaca, NY 14853
+	USA
+
+LICENSING TERMS 
+
+This program is granted free of charge for research and education
+purposes. However you must obtain a license from the author to use it
+for commercial purposes.
+
+Scientific results produced using the software provided shall
+acknowledge the use of SVM-Light. Please cite as  
+
+       T. Joachims, Making large-Scale SVM Learning
+       Practical. Advances in Kernel Methods - Support Vector
+       Learning, B. Schölkopf and C. Burges and A. Smola (ed.),
+       MIT-Press, 1999. 
+       http://www-ai.cs.uni-dortmund.de/DOKUMENTE/joachims_99a.pdf
+
+Moreover shall the author of SVM-Light be informed about the
+publication.
+
+The software must not be modified and distributed without prior
+permission of the author.
+
+By using SVM-Light you agree to the licensing terms.
+
+
+NO WARRANTY 
+
+BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
+FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT
+WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER
+PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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+PROGRAM IS WITH YOU.  SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME
+THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
+
+IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
+WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
+REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY
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