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key: arachni-psl-1.0
short_name: Arachni PSL v1.0
name: Arachni Public Source License v1.0
category: Proprietary Free
owner: Arachni
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    - https://github.com/Arachni/arachni/
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---

Arachni Public Source License
                        Version 1.0, June 2015

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