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+This software is copyrighted and licensed under the MIT license.  See the file
+entitled LICENSE for full copyright and license text.
+
+This software comes bundled with data, sprites, and sounds extracted from the
+Pokémon series of video games.  Some terminology from the Pokémon franchise is
+also necessarily used within the software itself.  This is all the intellectual
+property of Nintendo, Creatures, inc., and GAME FREAK, inc. and is protected by
+various copyrights and trademarks.  The author believes that the use of this
+intellectual property for a fan reference is covered by fair use and that the
+software is significantly impaired without said property included.  Any use of
+this copyrighted property is at your own legal risk.
+
+A complete revision history of this software is available from
+http://git.veekun.com/.
+
+Contributors:
+Alex Munroe (Eevee): git@veekun.com