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RNetCDF
=======

All files except those indicated later are
Copyright (C) 2004-2025 Pavel Michna and Milton Woods.
They are licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License:

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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NetCDF
======

The documentation of RNetCDF is based on the "NetCDF User's Guide for C",
and installation of RNetCDF requires linking with the Unidata NetCDF library.
These uses of NetCDF are allowed by the NetCDF copyright:

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    Portions of this software were developed by the Unidata Program at the 
    University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.

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    this software, and any derivative works thereof, and its supporting
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UDUNITS2
========

RNetCDF may be linked with the UDUNITS2 library.
To simplify distribution of RNetCDF in binary form,
data files required by UDUNITS2 are included with RNetCDF,
subject to the following license:

    Copyright 2014 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and contributors.
    All rights reserved.

    This software was developed by the Unidata Program Center of the
    University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
    <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>.

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
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NCSA HDF5
=========

Although the RNetCDF package does not use HDF5 directly,
if statically linked to a build of netcdf with the netcdf4 feature enabled,
it will link in code from HDF5. The license for such code is given below:

    Copyright Notice and License Terms for 
    HDF5 (Hierarchical Data Format 5) Software Library and Utilities
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    HDF5 (Hierarchical Data Format 5) Software Library and Utilities
    Copyright 2006-2014 by The HDF Group.

    NCSA HDF5 (Hierarchical Data Format 5) Software Library and Utilities
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    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 
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       developed by The HDF Group and by the National Center for Supercomputing 
       Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and 
       credit the contributors.

    5. Neither the name of The HDF Group, the name of the University, nor the 
       name of any Contributor may be used to endorse or promote products derived 
       from this software without specific prior written permission from 
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    Contributors:   National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at 
    the University of Illinois, Fortner Software, Unidata Program Center (netCDF), 
    The Independent JPEG Group (JPEG), Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler (gzip), 
    and Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).

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    Portions of HDF5 were developed with support from the Lawrence Berkeley 
    National Laboratory (LBNL) and the United States Department of Energy 
    under Prime Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.

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    Portions of HDF5 were developed with support from the University of 
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       This work was partially produced at the University of California, 
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       (DOE) and The Regents of the University of California (University) 
       for the operation of UC LLNL.

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       apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use 
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