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+Apache Thrift
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+
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+  lib/ocaml/README-OCamlMakefile:    GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1 (lgpl-2.1.txt)
+  lib/erl/build/beamver:             MIT License (otp-base-license.txt)
+  lib/erl/build/buildtargets.mk:     MIT License (otp-base-license.txt)
+  lib/erl/build/colors.mk:           MIT License (otp-base-license.txt)
+  lib/erl/build/docs.mk:             MIT License (otp-base-license.txt)
+  lib/erl/build/mime.types:          MIT License (otp-base-license.txt)
+  lib/erl/build/otp.mk:              MIT License (otp-base-license.txt)
+  lib/erl/build/otp_subdir.mk:       MIT License (otp-base-license.txt)
+  lib/erl/build/raw_test.mk:         MIT License (otp-base-license.txt)
+  lib/erl/src/Makefile:              MIT License (otp-base-license.txt)