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+Files in MountainNavigation are licensed under the General Public License version 3,
+the text of which can be found in COPYING unless otherwise noted.
+
+Licensing of components:
+- OpenStreetMap: ODbl and CC BY-SA 2.0
+- OpenWeatherMap: CC BY-SA 4.0
+- weatherlib: Apache 2.0
+- osmdroid: Apache 2.0
+- osmbonuspack: LGPL
+- icons8: Mention in about section
+
+All unmodified files from these and other sources retain their original copyright
+and license notices: see the relevant individual files.
+
+Attribution information for MountainNavigation is contained in the AUTHORS file.