@@ -13,10 +13,86 @@ licenses. Non-BSD compatible licenses (eg LGPL) are acceptable in
1313matplotlib toolkits. For a discussion of the motivations behind the
1414licencing choice, see :ref: `license-discussion `.
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20+ passing in 2012, Michael Droettboom has been the lead maintainer of
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2197Individual or Organization ("Licensee") accessing and otherwise using
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