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 Client code for Jasper voice computing platform
 
-Learn more at [jasperproject.github.io](http://jasperproject.github.io/)
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+Learn more at [jasperproject.github.io](http://jasperproject.github.io/)
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+Jasper is released under the MIT license, a permissive free software license that lets you do anything you want with the source code, as long as you provide back attribution and ["don't hold \[us\] liable"](http://choosealicense.com). Note that this licensing only refers to the Jasper client code (i.e.,  the code on GitHub) and not to the disk image itself (i.e., the code on SourceForge).
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+The MIT License (MIT)
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+Copyright (c) 2014 Charles Marsh & Shubhro Saha
+
+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:
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+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.
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