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Unable to find the text ' . THE ' following a variable rule 'Software5' starting at line #27 column #44 "". Last optional text was not found due to the optional difference: Normal text of license does not match starting at line #13 column #59 "shall" when comparing to template text " (including the next paragraph)". Last optional text was not found due to the optional difference: Normal text of license does not match starting at line #8 column #43 "the" when comparing to template text " on". Last optional text was not found due to the optional difference: Normal text of license does not match starting at line #2 column #0 "copyright" when comparing to template text "MIT License "

Port's license text

Copyright © 2008-2011 Arnaud Fontaine <arnau@debian.org>
Copyright © 2007-2008 Vincent Torri <vtorri@univ-evry.fr>

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 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.

Except as  contained in  this notice, the  names of the  authors or
their institutions shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to
promote the  sale, use or  other dealings in this  Software without
prior written authorization from the authors.

SPDX canonical text (MIT)

MIT License

Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>

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.