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NCSA Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Software Library and Utilities

NCSA Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Software Library and Utilities
Copyright 1998 the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
All rights reserved.

Contributors: National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois, Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Laboratory (LLNL), Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler (gzip library)

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted for any purpose (including commercial purposes) provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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3. In addition, redistributions of modified forms of the source or binary code must carry prominent notices stating that the original code was changed and the date of the change.
4. All publications or advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must acknowledge that it was developed by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois, and credit the Contributors.
5. Neither the name of the University nor the names of the Contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission from the University or the Contributors.
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Last modified: 8 September 1998