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+Copyright (c) 2008 Martin R. Kraimer
+Copyright (c) 2006 The University of Chicago, as Operator of Argonne
+     National Laboratory.
+Copyright (c) 2006 Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron,
+     Member of the Helmholtz Association, (DESY), HAMBURG, GERMANY.
+Copyright (c) 2007 Control System Laboratory,
+    (COSYLAB) Ljubljana Slovenia
+
+
+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.
+
+________________________________________________________________________
+
+This software is in part copyrighted by the University of Chicago (UofC)
+
+In no event shall UofC be liable to any party for direct, indirect,
+special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of
+this software, its documentation, or any derivatives thereof, even if
+UofC has been advised of the possibility of such damage.
+
+UofC specifically disclaims any warranties, including, but not limited
+to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular
+purpose, and non-infringement.  This software is provided on an "as is"
+basis, and UofC has no obligation to provide maintenance, support,
+updates, enhancements, or modifications.
+
+________________________________________________________________________
+
+This software is in part copyrighted by the BERLINER SPEICHERRING
+GESELLSCHAFT FUER SYNCHROTRONSTRAHLUNG M.B.H. (BESSY), BERLIN, GERMANY.
+
+In no event shall BESSY be liable to any party for direct, indirect,
+special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of
+this software, its documentation, or any derivatives thereof, even if
+BESSY has been advised of the possibility of such damage.
+
+BESSY specifically disclaims any warranties, including, but not limited
+to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular
+purpose, and non-infringement.  This software is provided on an "as is"
+basis, and BESSY has no obligation to provide maintenance, support,
+updates, enhancements, or modifications.
+
+________________________________________________________________________
+
+This software is in part copyrighted by the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchroton,
+    Member of the Helmholtz Association, (DESY), HAMBURG, GERMANY.
+
+In no event shall DESY be liable to any party for direct, indirect,
+special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of
+this software, its documentation, or any derivatives thereof, even if
+DESY has been advised of the possibility of such damage.
+
+DESY specifically disclaims any warranties, including, but not limited
+to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular
+purpose, and non-infringement.  This software is provided on an "as is"
+basis, and DESY has no obligation to provide maintenance, support,
+updates, enhancements, or modifications.
+________________________________________________________________________