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 This source came from the C# implementation of LZMA from the LZMA SDK, version 16.02, from http://www.7-zip.org/sdk.html.
 
 ## License
-The LZMA SDK is public domain.  Thanks goes to Igor Pavlov for making this available.
+LZMA SDK is placed in the public domain.
+
+Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute the original LZMA SDK code, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.
+
+## Thanks!
+Thanks goes to Igor Pavlov for making this available.