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<h2>License</h2>
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LuaExpat is free software: it can be used for both academic and
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keep its copyright. The legal details are below.
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<p>The spirit of the license is that you are free to use LuaExpat
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for any purpose at no cost without having to ask us. The only
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requirement is that if you do use LuaExpat, then you should give us
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your product or its documentation.</p>
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<p>The LuaExpat library is designed and implemented by Roberto
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Ierusalimschy. The implementation is not derived from licensed
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software.</p>
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<p>Copyright &copy; 2003-2007 The Kepler Project.
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