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6Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Software Library and Utilities
7Copyright 2006 by The HDF Group.
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9NCSA Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Software Library and Utilities
10Copyright 1988-2006 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.
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50Contributors:   National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at
51the University of Illinois, Fortner Software, Unidata Program Center (netCDF),
52The Independent JPEG Group (JPEG), Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler (gzip),
53and Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).
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