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+RepeatExplorer include programs distributed under other licenses:
+
+formatdb binary from legacy blast
+=================================
+license for blast:
+PUBLIC DOMAIN NOTICE
+
+National Center for Biotechnology Information
+
+This software/database is a "United States Government Work" under the terms of the United States Copyright Act. It was written as part of the author's official duties as a United States Government employee and thus cannot be copyrighted. This software/database is freely available to the public for use. The National Library of Medicine and the U.S. Government have not placed any restriction on its use or reproduction. Although all reasonable efforts have been taken to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the software and data, the NLM and the U.S. Government do not and cannot warrant the performance or results that may be obtained by using this software or data. The NLM and the U.S. Government disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of performance, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Please cite the author in any work or product based on this material.
+
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+
+mgblast and cap3 binaries from TGICL package
+============================================
+
+Copyright
+-----------
+Copyright (c) 2002-2003, The Institute for Genomic Research, All Rights Reserved
+This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software.
+OSI Certified is a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative.
+
+The folowing programs are distributed as binaries:
+
+cap3 
+----
+Contig Assembly Program version 3
+Huang, X. and Madan, A. (1999) 
+ CAP3: A DNA Sequence Assembly Program. 
+ Genome Research, 9: 868-877. 
+
+mgblast 
+-------
+ Modified version of the megablast program from the NCBI toolkit.
+ Zhang, Schwartz, Wagner, and Miller, 
+  A Greedy Algorithm for Aligning DNA Sequences, 
+  J. Comp. Biol. 2000, Feb-Apr;7(1-2):203-14 
+
+licence
+--------
+Artistic license
+
+  
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