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      <h1 property="dc:title">BSD 3-Clause &quot;New&quot; or &quot;Revised&quot; License</h1>
      <div style="display:none;"><code property="spdx:deprecated">false</code></div>
      <h2>Full name</h2>
          <p style="margin-left: 20px;"><code property="spdx:name">BSD 3-Clause &quot;New&quot; or &quot;Revised&quot; License</code></p>

      <h2>Short identifier</h2>
          <p style="margin-left: 20px;"><code property="spdx:licenseId">BSD-3-Clause</code></p>

      <h2>Other web pages for this license</h2>
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               <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause" rel="rdfs:seeAlso" isValid=true isLive=true isWayBackLink=false match=N/A timestamp=2025-07-01T15:02:44Z>https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause</a>
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               <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php" rel="rdfs:seeAlso" isValid=true isLive=true isWayBackLink=false match=true timestamp=2025-07-01T15:02:43Z>https://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php</a>
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      <div property="spdx:isOsiApproved" style="display: none;">true</div>

      <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>
          <p style="margin-left: 20px;">Note for matching purposes, this license contains a number of equivalent variations, particularly in the third clause. See the XML file for more details. Also note that the Eclipse Distribution License - v 1.0 (EDL 1.0) is a match to BSD-3-Clause, even though it uses a different name.</p>

      <h2 id="licenseText">Text</h2>
      
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		      Text in italicized blue is omittable (see <a href="https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/license-matching-guidelines-and-templates/#b35-guideline-omittable-text">Matching Guidelines B.3.5</a>).
		      License or exception text will match to the text for the specified identifier if it either includes or excludes this omittable text.
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			  Text in red is replaceable (see <a href="https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/license-matching-guidelines-and-templates/#b34-guideline-replaceable-text">Matching Guidelines B.3.4</a>).
			  License or exception text will match to the text for the specified identifier if it includes a permitted variant of this replaceable text.
			  The permitted variants can be found in the corresponding regular expression as shown in title text visible by hovering over the red text.
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      <div class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern .{0,5000}"> 
        <p>Copyright (c) &lt;year&gt; &lt;owner&gt;. </p>

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        <p>Redistribution and use in source and binary forms<var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern ()|( of the theme)"></span></var>,
         with or without modification, <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern are|is"> are</span></var> permitted provided
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                <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern .{0,20}"> 1.</span></var>
               Redistributions of <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern source code|works"> source code</span></var> must retain the <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern above|original"> above</span></var> copyright notice, this list of conditions
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                <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern .{0,20}"> 2.</span></var>
                Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern above|original"> above</span></var> copyright notice, this list of conditions
                 and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
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                <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern .{0,20}"> 3.</span></var>
                <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern (The\s+name\s+of.+may\s+not)|(Neither\s+the\s+names?\s+of.+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+its\s+contributors\s+may)|(Neither\s+the\s+names?\s+of.+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+their\s+contributors\s+may)|(\s*Neither\s+the\s+name\s+of.+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+its\s+authors\s+and\s+contributors\s+may)|(Neither\s+the\s+name\s+of.+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+(specific\s+)?contributors,?\s+may)|(Neither\s+the\s+name.+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+contributors\s+may)|(The\s+names\s+of\s+its\s+contributors\s+may\s+not)|(The\s+names\s+of\s+any\s+contributors\s+may\s+not)|(The\s+names\s+of\s+the\s+contributors\s+may\s+not)|(None\s+of\s+the\s+names\s+of.+and\s+any\s+contributors\s+may)|(Neither\s+my\s+name.+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+contributors\s+to\s+this\s+code\s+may)|(Neither\s+name\s+of\s+copyright\s+holders\s+nor\s+the\s+names\s+of\s+its\s+contributors\s+may)"> 
                 Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may</span></var>
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	 <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern software|work"> software</span></var> without <var class="optional-license-text"> specific</var> prior written permission. <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern (To obtain permission, contact .*)?"> </span></var>
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        <p>THIS <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern (SOFTWARE)|(THEME)"> SOFTWARE</span></var> IS PROVIDED <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern .*"> BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND
         CONTRIBUTORS</span></var> &quot;AS IS&quot; AND ANY <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern EXPRESS(ED)?"> EXPRESS</span></var> OR IMPLIED
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         WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
         OUT OF THE USE OF THIS <var class="replaceable-license-text"><span title="can be replaced with the pattern (SOFTWARE)|(THEME)"> SOFTWARE</span></var>, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.</p>

    
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      <h2  id="licenseHeader">Standard License Header</h2>
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        <p style="font-style: italic">There is no standard license header for the license</p>
        
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