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-This code is developed by:
-
-	Xiaohao Yang
-
-This code was developed as part of the xPDFsuite project to create software
-and tools for general researchers to use PDF in their work. For more
-information on the DiffPy project email sb2896@columbia.edu
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-Use of this software is subject to and permitted only under a separate,
-written Use License granted by Columbia University.  If you or your employer
-is not a party to such an agreement, then your use of this software is
-prohibited.  If you don’t know whether or not your anticipated use is under
-a license, you must contact Prof. Simon Billinge at sb2896@columbia.edu.
-Use of this software without a license is prohibited.
-
-Copyright 2009-2016, Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
-
-
-For more information please email Prof. Simon Billinge at sb2896@columbia.edu