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-Ponysay — Cowsay reimplemention for ponies, see LICENCE for the licence.
+Ponysay — Cowsay reimplemention for ponies, see LICENSE for the license.
 
 Copyright (C) 2012, 2013  Erkin Batu Altunbaş et al.