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+Copyright Notice and License Terms for
+Hermes I/O Buffering Software Library and Utilities
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+Hermes I/O Buffering Software Library and Utilities
+Copyright 2018-2024, The HDF Group and Illinois Institute of Technology
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+Hermes was developed with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF)
+under award NSF OCI-1835764.