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The Metasploit Framework is provided under the 3-clause BSD license above.

The copyright on this package is held by Rapid7 LLC.

This license does not apply to the following components:
 - The OpenSSL library embedded into the Meterpreter payload binaries and the
   corresponding header files in the source tree
 - The Packet Sniffer SDK (MicroOLAP) library embedded into the Meterpreter
   Sniffer extension. HD Moore has a single-seat developer license.
 - The vncdll.dll binary and its associated source code (modified RealVNC)
 - The icons used by msfweb that were not created by Metasploit
 - The Bit-Struct library located under lib/bit-struct
 - The Byakugan plugin located under external/source/byakugan
 - The Metasm library located under lib/metasm
 - The PcapRub library located under external/pcaprub
 - The Rabal library located under lib/rabal
 - The Racket library located under lib/racket
 - The Ruby-Lorcon library located under external/ruby-lorcon
 - The SNMP library located under lib/snmp
 - The Zip library located under lib/zip

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Bug tracking and development information can be found at:
 http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/

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 msfdev[at]metasploit.com

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