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+# Permission to Relicense under MPLv2 or any other OSI approved license chosen by the current ZeroMQ BDFL
+
+This is a statement by Michael Vilim that grants permission to
+relicense its copyrights in the libzmq C++ library (ZeroMQ) under the
+Mozilla Public License v2 (MPLv2) or any other Open Source Initiative
+approved license chosen by the current ZeroMQ BDFL (Benevolent
+Dictator for Life).
+
+A portion of the commits made by the Github handle "mvilim", with
+commit author "Michael Vilim <697a9b924bfa6f06a81e82975ddca4785b90a7b40d91044ce76f68d3bd65a9b8@697a9b924bfa6f06a81e82975ddca4785b90a7b40d91044ce76f68d3bd65a9b8.com>", are
+copyright of Michael Vilim.  This document hereby grants the libzmq
+project team to relicense libzmq, including all past, present and
+future contributions of the author listed above.
+
+Michael Vilim
+2019/08/31