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     this project or the open source license(s) involved.
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+OpenRS2 does not distribute any of Jagex's intellectual property, and care
+should be taken to avoid inadvertently including any in contributions.
+
 ### Versioning
 
 OpenRS2 uses [Semantic Versioning][semver].