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@@ -24,35 +24,3 @@ The latest Documentation can be found at:
 http://www.openmesh.org/media/Documentations/OpenMesh-Doc-Latest
 
 Documentation for previous versions is available on our website as well.
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-2. Licence
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-OpenMesh is licensed under the BSD-3 License:
-
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without        
-modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions        
-are met:                                                                  
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-1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, 
-   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.                  
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-2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright      
-   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the    
-   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.   
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-3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its          
-   contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from   
-   this software without specific prior written permission.               
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-"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 
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