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**chemcat**: Chemistry Calculator for Atmospheres, |br|
Copyright (C) 2022 Patricio Cubillos and Jasmina Blecic

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

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.. centered::  GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
.. centered::    Version 2, June 1991

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