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## Third-Party Code

### GoPro CineForm SDK

The `cineform-sdk/` directory contains the GoPro CineForm SDK source code,
which is dual-licensed under Apache License 2.0 OR MIT License (at your option).

Copyright 2017 GoPro, Inc.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

Alternatively, you may use the GoPro CineForm SDK under the MIT License.
See `cineform-sdk/LICENSE.txt` for the full license text.

### Algorithm Reference

The PyCineForm implementation was developed by studying the GoPro CineForm SDK
source code to understand the codec algorithms, bitstream format, and quantization
tables. The SDK served as the authoritative reference for achieving compatibility.