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WINNER Python Non-Commercial Research and Education License

Copyright (c) 2022 Thanh Nguyen, Zongliang Yue, Radomir Slominski, Robert
Welner, Jianyi Zhang, and Jake Y. Chen (original MATLAB WINNER implementation).

Copyright (c) 2026 Dr. Jake Chen (Python port and maintenance).

Permission is granted, free of charge, to use, copy, modify, and distribute
the WINNER Python port and associated documentation files (the "Software")
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