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+Copyright (c) 2010 Serge A. Zaitsev
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
+
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+JSMN - Minimalistic JSON parser library
+=======================================
+
+jsmn (pronounced right as `jasmine`) is a simple and clean library for parsing
+JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data format.
+
+You can find more information on JSON at http://www.json.org/
+
+Philosophy
+==========
+
+jsmn will never be large and complex. This means it will never have extra
+features or any bloated dependencies, besides libc.
+It will always be suitable for embedded systems and other resource-limited
+systems. It will always have clear API.
+
+Features
+========
+
+o Just 200 lines of code
+o Full C89 compatibility
+o No memory allocation inside the library code
+o A single pass is required to parse JSON data
+o MIT license (you can include this code into your proprietary software)
+