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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

The Software shall be used for nonpartisan purposes only and shall not be used for partisan gerrymandering. For the purposes of this License, "gerrymandering" means drawing a community of interest map, legislative district, or districting plan to favor or disfavor an incumbent, candidate, donor, or political party, or drawing a community of interest map, legislative district, or districting plan to deny racial or language minorities the equal opportunity to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice.

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Third-Party Data Disclaimer: This Software is designed to interface with, and may be packaged with, data provided by the Redistricting Data Hub (RDH) or derived from data provided by the RDH. The authors and copyright holders of this Software are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the RDH. Any map, analysis, or other use derived from RDH datasets remains subject to the RDH Terms and Conditions of Use, found at https://redistrictingdatahub.org/terms-and-conditions/. Users of this Software are solely responsible for ensuring their use of RDH data complies with the applicable terms and conditions.