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License
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This library is MIT licensed.

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   MIT License

   Copyright (c) 2022-2024 The Open-Agriculture Developers
   
   Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
   of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
   in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
   to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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Other Legal Stuff
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It is claimed that compliance with ISO 11783 may involve the use of a patent concerning the controller area network (CAN) protocol referred to throughout this project and the ISO 11783/J1939 standards. 

Neither Adrian Del Grosso nor any other contributor to this project takes any position concerning the evidence, validity, and scope of said patent.

Some elements of ISO 11783 and J1939 may be subject to patent rights other than the one identified above. No member of this project shall be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.