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+VTKm License Version 1.0
+========================================================================
+
+Copyright (c) 2014,
+Sandia Corporation, Los Alamos National Security, LLC.,
+UT-Battelle, LLC., Kitware Inc., University of California Davis
+All rights reserved.
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+
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+Under the terms of Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000, there is a
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+CMake/CheckCXX11Features.cmake
+CMake/FindBoostHeaders.cmake
+vtkm/testing/OptionParser.h