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 The library is available under Apache 2.0. For more information see the [License file](./LICENSE.txt).
 
+## The origin
+
+The original author is [Luca Bolognese](https://github.com/lucabol). His story:
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+> I coded it the summer my daughter was born 12 years ago while back in Italy for three months. It is one of my first forays into functional programming.
+> 
+> I coded most of them with the sea in front of me. I would bet that it is one of the most Excel-compliant libraries in existence across all languages.
+> 
+> I am happy that the tests still pass! This is a testament to good backward compatibility in the language.
+> 
+> We think this is one of the most Excel compliant libraries in existence because of the extensive test-suite.
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 ## Maintainers
 
 Current maintainer is [James Coliz](https://github.com/jcoliz).
 
-Original author is [Luca Bolognese](https://github.com/lucabol). Historical maintainers of this project are [Natallie Baikevich](https://github.com/luajalla) and [Chris Pell](https://github.com/jcoliz). And of course, where would we be without [Don Syme](https://github.com/dsyme)?
+Historical maintainers of this project are [Natallie Baikevich](https://github.com/luajalla) and [Chris Pell](https://github.com/jcoliz). And of course, where would we be without [Don Syme](https://github.com/dsyme)?
 
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