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 Dictzip-java is mirrored to https://gitlab.com/dictzip/dictzip-java periodically and automatically.
 Please raise issues and merge-request on main project site https://github.com/dictzip/dictzip-java
 
-## Copyrights and License
+## Copyright
 
-DictZip library for Java and command line utility.
+- Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Ho Ngoc Duc
+- Copyright (C) 2016-2022 Hiroshi Miura
 
-Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Ho Ngoc Duc
+Some part are come from a part of jdictd 1.5 on java.
 
-Copyright (C) 2016-2022 Hiroshi Miura
+## License
 
-Some part of this program are come from a part of jdictd 1.5 on java.
-
-DictZip command line utility is distributed under the terms of GNU General
-Public License Version 2 or (at your option) any later version.
-
-DictZip library is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
-Version 2 or (at your option) any later version with the following clarification
-and special exception as same as GNU classpath.
-
-Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is making
-a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and conditions of
-the GNU General Public License cover the whole combination.
-
-As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you permission
-to link this library with independent modules to produce an executable, regardless
-of the license terms of these independent modules, and to copy and distribute
-the resulting executable under terms of your choice, provided that you also meet,
-for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of
-that module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from or based on
-this library. If you modify this library, you may extend this exception to
-your version of the library, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish
-to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.
-
-As such, it can be used to run, create and distribute a large class of applications
-and applets. When this library is used unmodified as the core class library
-for a virtual machine, compiler for the java languge, or for a program written
-in the java programming language it does not affect the licensing for distributing
-those programs directly.
+Please see COPYING.