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LICENSE

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-Copyright (c) <2023> <PicoQuant>
-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 copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+Disclaimer
+PicoQuant GmbH disclaims all warranties with regard to the supplied software and documentation including all implied warranties of merchantability
+and fitness for a particular purpose. In no case shall PicoQuant GmbH be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential damages or any material
+or immaterial damages whatsoever resulting from loss of data, time or profits; arising from use, inability to use, or performance of this software
+and associated documentation.
 
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
-WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+License and Copyright Notice
+Along with the purchase of a PicoQuant TCSPC module with DLL option you have also purchased a license to use the snAPI software. You have not
+purchased any other rights to the software itself. The software is protected by copyright and intellectual property laws. You may not distribute
+the software to third parties or reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the software or part thereof. You may use and modify demo code to
+create your own software. Original or modified demo code may be re–distributed, provided that the original disclaimer and copyright notes are
+not removed from it. Copyright of the manual and on–line documentation belongs to PicoQuant GmbH. No parts of it may be reproduced, translated
+or transferred to third parties without written permission of PicoQuant GmbH. 
+Products and corporate names appearing in this software and associated documentation may or may not be registered trademarks or subject to
+copyrights of their respective owners. PicoQuant GmbH claims no rights to any such trademarks. They are used only for identification or explanation
+and to the owner’s benefit, without intent to infringe.

README.md

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 Your bug reports are welcome and will help us identify and address issues effectively.
 
 ## License
-This software is released under the [MIT License](LICENSE). Please review the license file for more information.
+This software is released under this [License](LICENSE). Please review the license file for more information.
 
 ## Disclaimer
 **Use snAPI at your own risk. We are not responsible for any damages or losses resulting from the use of this software.**