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+                  LinkTest - A multi-API parallel pingpong test 
+
+   Copyright (C) 2022, Dr. Wolfgang Frings, Dr. Dorian Krause, Yannik Müller
+   and Dr. Max Enno Holicki, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Federal Republic of
+   Germany. All rights reserved.
+
+   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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+
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+
+     - Any publications that result from the use of this software shall
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+
+           This product includes software developed by Forschungszentrum
+           Juelich GmbH, Federal Republic of Germany.
+
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