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+Upstream-Name: onos
+Source: http://github.com/opennetworkinglab/onos
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2014-2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+License: Apache 2.0
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ .
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ .
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+ .
+ On Debian systems, the complete text of the Apache License 2.0 can
+ be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/Apache-2.0"