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The MIT license above applies to the code, packaging, and curation in this
repository (the loader, converter, and repository structure).

The contact-matrix data files under `data/` are third-party datasets and are
distributed under their own upstream licenses, NOT under the MIT license above.
See NOTICE.md for the per-source licenses (Apache-2.0 and GPL-3.0) and required
attributions. These datasets are aggregated here for convenience; each retains
the license and copyright of its original authors.
