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+SPDX-License-Identifier: "Apache-2.0"
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+Copyright (C) 2021-2021, Jayesh Badwaik <j.badwaik@fz-juelich.de>
+Copyright (C) 2021-2021, John Biddiscombe <biddisco@cscs.ch>