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+(Please note that this LICENSE is not valid for `JavaClientProcessingPlugin/lib/`)
+
+# This software is licensed under the MIT License
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2011 Tobias Schlecht, Benjamin Erb
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+# THE SOFTWARE.
+
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+# JavaClientProcessingPlugin
+
+A Java Client Plugin for the diretto Processing Service
+
+## API
+
+Please refer to the API documentation: http://diretto.github.com/diretto-api-doc/v2/diretto-ext/processing.html
+
+## License (not valid for `JavaClientProcessingPlugin/lib/`)
+
+	Copyright (c) 2011 Tobias Schlecht, Benjamin Erb
+
+	Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+	a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+	"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+	without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+	distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+	permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+	the following conditions:
+
+	The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+	included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+	THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+	EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+	MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+	NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+	LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+	OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+	WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+